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Field 179: Cherokee 
Preparation Resources

The resources listed below may help you prepare for the CEOE exam in this field. These preparation resources have been identified by content experts in the field to provide up-to-date information that relates to the field in general. You may wish to use current issues or editions to obtain information on specific topics for study and review.

Standards

  1. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Proficiency Guidelines (2012)
  2. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Program Standards for the Preparation of Foreign Language Teachers (2015)
  3. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ( A C T F L ) World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages
  4. Oklahoma Academic Standards for World Languages (2022)
  5. OK Full (Subject Matter) Competencies for Licensure and Certification, Oklahoma State Department of Education (2009)

Journals

  1. Foreign Language Annals, www.actfl.org/publications/foreign-language-annals
  2. The Language Educator, www.actfl.org/publications/the-language-educator

Other Resources

  1. Anderson, B. M. (2008). A reference grammar of Oklahoma Cherokee. University of Oklahoma Press.

  2. Bender, M. (2008). Signs of Cherokee culture: Sequoyah's syllabary in Eastern Cherokee life. The University of North Carolina Press.

  3. Brown, K. (2018). Stoking the fire: nationhood in Cherokee writing, 1907–1970. University of Oklahoma Press.

  4. Butrick, D. S., & Brown, D. (1819). TSVLVKI SQCLVCLV. A Cherokee spelling book. David Brown: Brainerd Mission Press.

  5. Conley, R. J. (2005). The Cherokee Nation. University of New Mexico Press.

  6. Conley, R. J. (2007). A Cherokee encyclopedia. University of New Mexico Press.

  7. Feeling, D. (1994). A structured approach to learning the basic inflections of the Cherokee verb. Indian University Press.

  8. Feeling, D., & Pulte, W. (1975). Cherokee-English dictionary. Cherokee Nation.

  9. Feeling, D., Pulte, W., & Pulte, G. (2018). Cherokee narratives: A linguistic study. University of Oklahoma Press.

  10. Hinton, L., & Hale, K. (Eds.). (2001). The green book of language revitalization in practice. Academic Press.

  11. Hinton, L., Vera, M., & Steele, N. (2002). How to keep your language alive: a commonsense approach to one-on-one language learning. Heyday Press.

  12. Holmes, R. B., & Smith, B. S. (1977). Beginning Cherokee. University of Oklahoma Press.

  13. Howard, G., Feeling, D., Hider, S., & Carey, L. (1998). Intermediate Cherokee program. Various Indian Peoples Publishing Co.

  14. Johnston, C. R. (Ed.). (2013). Voices of Cherokee women. Blair.

  15. Starr, E. (2022). History of the Cherokee Indians and their legends and folklore. Legare Street Press.

Online Resources

  1. Cherokee Nation — https://www.cherokee.org/
  2. Cherokee Nation Language Department — https://language.cherokee.org/
  3. Cherokee Nation Learning Center — https://learn.cherokee.org/
  4. Cherokee Nation, YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@cherokeenation/playlists
  5. Cherokee Phoenix — https://www.cherokeephoenix.org/
  6. Cherokee-English Dictionary Online Database — https://cherokeedictionary.net/
  7. Herrick, D., Marcellino, B., Feeling, D., Hirata-Edds, T., & Lizette, P. (2015). Collaborative Documentation and Revitalization of Cherokee Tone Language. — http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/24630
  8. Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People, Let's Talk Cherokee — https://osiyo.tv/lets-talk-cherokee/
  9. RSU Public Television, Cherokee Language Classes — https://rsu.tv/cherokee/

Professional Organizations

  1. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) www.actfl.org/
  2. Cherokee Language Consortium language.cherokee.org
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