Cherokee on a smartphone: Part of a drive to save a language
February 27, 2022
By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won't be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be a step toward immersing younger tribal citizens in the language spoken by a dwindling number of their elders.
That's the hope of Principal Chief Richard Sneed of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who's counting on more inclusive consumer technology — and the involvement of a major tech company — to help out.
Sneed and other Cherokee leaders have spent several months consulting with Lenovo-owned Motorola, which la...
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