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TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma - The Cherokee Nation is offering a free community language class this summer in Tahlequah on Monday nights. Class will begin on Monday, June 29, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will be instructed by Wynema Bush. The class is open to the public and will run for ten consecutive weeks, finishing on August 31. Class will meet in the tribe’s O si yo Training Room, located behind the Restaurant of the Cherokees at the W.W. Keeler complex. “The Cherokee language is important to maintaining our cultural heritage and identity,” said Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. “Through our community language classes we are working diligently to teach our future generations our native tongue. The Cherokee language enhances the quality of life of our people.” The Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center, which is sponsoring the class, provides services and information that works to revitalize Cherokee language and heritage. The language course is a part of the Cherokee Nation’s culture and history initiative that will help to preserve the Cherokee language. For more information about the class, please call 918-453-5154.

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