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Dr. Courtney Lewis, inaugural director of Duke’s Native American Studies Initiative, and Cherokee language class instructor Gil Jackson talk about how the program was created and the impact it’s having.

Every year, members of the United Methodist Church gather for their annual Western North Carolina conference at Lake Junaluska in Haywood County. Top of…

Every year, members of the United Methodist Church gather for their annual Western North Carolina conference at Lake Junaluska in Haywood County. Top of…

Marty Richardson was in high school when he started a deep dive into the history of his people: the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe. He emerged from dusty…

Marty Richardson was in high school when he started a deep dive into the history of his people: the Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe. He emerged from dusty…

Jakeli Swimmer keeps a little black notebook nearby while he teaches. The worn pages of the spiral notebook are covered in his scrawled notes and doodles…

Of the nearly 16,000 enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, fewer than 300 can fluently speak the Cherokee language. Most of those speakers are…

Of the nearly 16,000 enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, fewer than 300 can fluently speak the Cherokee language. Most of those speakers are…