According to the Associated Press, a federal grant will help the Cherokee Indians "maintain a major part of their ancient culture" by purchasing hand-held computers to translate English into Cherokee.
"The effort is meant to help tribe members learn the Cherokee language, which fewer and fewer people speak," said the AP. "Renissa Walker, manager of the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program, said 72 percent of the population fluent in the language is older than 50, and an average of three Cherokee speakers die every two months.
"Since 2004, the Eastern Band has operated two language immersion classrooms where children speak only Cherokee."
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