The Cherokee Nation announces new federal funding to advance the Cherokee language.

 The Cherokee Nation has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior to continue spreading the Cherokee language over the next three years.  

The tribe received an initial $300,000 with additional funding to come for the ensuing two years from Congress. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. calls the creation of a new generation of Cherokee speakers and important part of preserving and celebrating the Cherokee heritage.

In November 2022, the Cherokee Nation opened the Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, which is where all the Cherokee language programs are housed.