Visit to the Cherokee Immersion Charter School

I had the opportunity to visit a special school in the United States. It was the Cherokee Immersion Charter School. This school is located in the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. This school is so special because one of its objectives is to preserve Cherokee language and culture. It is a school where parents decide to send their children although they are not Cherokee blood. Also called me the attention because at the children home their parents don't speak the Cherokee language, they are going to learn the language at school. The contrary happens in the indigenous schools of my country. They receive bilingual education at schools but at home, their parents continue talking them in the indigenous dialects. They are immersed in their culture. Another thing that called me the attention is that the school has their own curriculum department that creates and prints all the necessary documents and books in Cherokee language. It is very nice to see how they preserve a culture so that it does not get lost. We must value the presence of the first inhabitants of our lands.

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  1. Unknown2 de marzo de 2018 a las 9:09

    You wrote, "... the children home their parents don't speak the Cherokee language, they are going to learn the language at school." You contrasted that with the indigenous people's in Panama. But I'm curious about another aspect: Given that (a) the parents don't speak Cherokee to the kids and (b) the culture around the school is a English-based culture, but (c) the kids are all expected to function in Cherokee at school, yet (d) all attend an English language high school successfully, could this be done in a place like Panama? I mean in Panama could it be possible to have an English immersion elementary school even though (a) the parents don't speak English to the kids, (b) the culture around the school is a Spanish-based culture, and (d) they will attend a Spanish language high school?

    That obviously would not be easy, but could it be possible?

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