The Cherokee Immersion School will transition to a year-round school calendar beginning August of 2026, Cherokee Nation Language Department officials announced today.

For generations, Cherokee people have understood that wellness is about far more than treating illness. Wellness starts before getting sick and needing medical attention and continues well past recovery.

The Cherokee Nation observed Juneteenth at the Cherokee National Peace Pavilion in Tahlequah, marking the holiday with updates from the Principal Chief's Advisory Committee on Freedmen Art and History and the announcement of a loan agreement with Northeastern State University on an archive map created by students at the Cherokee Freedmen High School in 1903.

The Cherokee Immersion School will transition to a year-round school calendar beginning August of 2026, Cherokee Nation Language Department officials announced today.