Students Return to Language Roots in Oklahoma; New Education Law Affords Opportunity to Revive Dying Native American Tongues From: The Washington Post | Date: November 7, 1993| Author: Sue Anne Pressley | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

In Lucinda Turtle's class, second graders are learning colors and numbers and everyday phrases.

Hello: O-si-yo.

Green: I-je-yu-sdi.

Seven: Galigwogi.

This is Cherokee, a language that some of the children still hear at home from their grandmothers or elderly uncles. Sometimes, Nathan Soap's mother uses the brisk, barking tones when she speaks to his grandmother, and he wonders what secrets the women are sharing.

"They might be talking about me," the alert...

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