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CLAREMORE, OK – The Cherokee Nation is sponsoring 10-week Cherokee language classes for beginners in various communities throughout the Cherokee Nation.

The classes are for anyone interested in learning to read, write and speak the Cherokee language. There is no fee to take the class, and the Cherokee Nation provides all books and materials free of charge.

Classes will be held in the following communities at the following locations:

Tahlequah Tahlequah Adult Education Building 124 E Choctaw Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 7 through May 9, 2005 Instructor: Wynema Bush Old Clouds Creek Old Clouds Creek Old Clouds Creek Church Tuesdays, 6:30 pm – 8:30 p.m. March 8 through May 10, 2005 Instructor: Anna Huckaby-Sixkiller Dry Creek Dry Creek Community Building Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 7 through May 9, 2005 Instructor: Jean Bolin Locust Grove Locust Grove Middle School 700 N Highway 82 Thursdays, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm March 10 through May 12, 2005 Instructor: Sandra Turner Proctor Proctor Community Building Highway 62, Old School Bldg Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 7 through May 9, 2005 Instructor: George Stopp Jay Jay Senior Housing 1301 W. Washburn Street Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 7 through May 9, 2005 Instructor: Rufus King

Grove Grove Middle School 517 W 10th Street Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 8 through May 10, 2005 Instructor: John Sixkiller Claremore HACN Senior Citizen Complex 202 Stuart Roosa Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 7 through May 9, 2005 Instructor: Liz Guthrie Dewey Washington County Senior Citizen Center Mondays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 7 through May 9, 2005 Instructor: Bob Glass Tulsa Bowen Baptist Church 1515 E Independence Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 8 through May 10, 2005 Instructor: Prentice Robinson Gore Gore LEAP Building 305 South Main Mondays, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm February 28 through May 2, 2005 Instructor: Rosa Carter

For more information, contact Anna Huckaby, phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2145).

Related Cherokee Nation contact information:

Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager Cherokee Nation - Public Affairs Phone 918-456-0671 (Ex.2324) E-mail: ldaugherty@cherokee.org

Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation Natural Resources Specialist Phone: 918-456-0671 (ex.2843) E-mail: bpeak@cherokee.org