Cherokee and Unicode: Case Study for Where Language Revitalization Meets Digital Infrastructure

Getting support on computers and devices for scripts and the languages of minority languages remains a challenge. Cherokee stands out as an early success story. It was included in Unicode 3.0 in 1999 and in the Unicode Common Locale Data Repository version 1.8.

This webinar relays the history of the effort to encode the script and get it implemented, and reports on the current status of the Cherokee syllabary in the user community, including newer projects incorporating Cherokee syllabary.

00:00 Introduction of Webinar & Presenters
01:48 Case Study for Where Language Revitalization Meets Digital Infrastructure (Roy Boney)
34:30 Q&A Session

☑️ About the Speakers:
Roy Boney, Jr. is an award-winning Cherokee Nation artist, filmmaker, and language revitalization activist from Tahlequah, OK. He currently works at Cherokee Film as Cherokee Language Revitalization Manager, and he is an Emmy award winning Cherokee Language Media Producer. Prior to joining the Cherokee Film team, he served as Cherokee Language Program Manager for Cherokee Nation’s Language Department for 17 years. He is also designated a Cherokee National Treasure for painting and a Master Artist by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum. His work combines Cherokee language and culture with influences from popular culture and technology. His work has been widely exhibited and published in a variety of outlets, including Indian Country Today, The Cherokee Phoenix, First American Art, Oxford University Press, and Marvel Comics.

☑️ Learn more about Cherokee and Unicode
Cherokee Nation language department website: language.cherokee.org
The Unicode Standard section on Cherokee: https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-20/#G26612
Article by Jeff Edwards, "Cherokee and technology," in the May 2018 issue of Multilingual magazine: https://multilingual.com/articles/cherokee-and-technology/
YouTube video “Cherokee Syllabary & Typography with Chris Skillern” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALI-2lbFlFc

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