ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (2023)
We Will Speak
The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.
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Keli Gonzales
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Carolyn Swepston
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Schon Duncan
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Marion Scraper
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Eda Scraper
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Durbin Feeling
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Clifton Petit
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Weynema Smith
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David Crawler
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Betty Frogg
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Clara Proctor
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Cora Flute
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Gil Jackson
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Oleta Pritchett
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Bo Lossiah
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Marlene Ballard
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Ann Arneach
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Gary Wayne Vann
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Howard Paden
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Colby Luper
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Ernestine Berry
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Ryan Mackey
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Krystan Moser
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Dehaluyi Gonzales
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Ashlyn Fullerton
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Agalisiga Mackey
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Olivia Wildcat
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TJ Holland
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JP Johnson
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Lukas Swepston
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Dakota Brown
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Carney Duncan
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Andrew Swepston
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Katherine Harper
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Kyungchan Min
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Schon Duncan
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Jacob Koestler
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Jacob Koestler
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Diana Baldovino
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Derek Boonstra
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Matt Miller
Music
Music
John Helgeland
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Associate Producer
Rory Crittenden
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Second Unit Cinematographer
Carol Anderson
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Associate Producer
Mark Shlomchik
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Executive Producer
Michael Mahaffie
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Dick Anderson
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Leah Trznadel
Assistant Production Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Natalia Tararova
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Jacob Koestler
Post-Production Manager
Post-Production Manager
Michael McDermit
Producer
Producer
Thomas Sadoski
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Schon Duncan
Director
Director
Michael McDermit
Director
Director
Rory Crittenden
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Associate Producer
Laura Heberton
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Keli Gonzales
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Producer
Gill Holland
Executive Producer
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Ben Speiser
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Executive Producer
Jacob Koestler
Cinematography
Cinematography
Wes Studi
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