Slaughter, whose organization holds seminars on tribal language education and researches best practices for teachers, said she's witnessed a wave of interest in language renewal over the past two decades.

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But only about 8, 000 of those tribal members speak the Cherokee language.

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Depp was inquisitive about the Navajo language during filming, and the tribal president gave him a Pendleton blanket.

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The conciliatory language marks a departure in Ulster's tribal politics.

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Tribal worthies and American officers grin at each other across the language divide.

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