Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will develop a letterpress printmaking studio and a college-level letterpress course at the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts in Cherokee, NC. Letterpress printing was a process used in the production of the 19th-century newspaper The Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper. A letterpress expert will develop the curriculum and teach a course using a newly equipped letterpress studio. Printing will be done in English and the Cherokee language, which will help to preserve the language, and printed pieces may be produced for use by other tribal entities, including the Cherokee language preschool immersion program.