Interpreting a 200-year-old Cherokee Writing | Native America | PBS

[@GiovannaSessantaSei]

Really enjoyed Mr. Belt illustrating the derivation of the word for “law” from the word “medicine;” how profound that concept is!

[@bootsiemon]

respect for all the hard work put in by these cultural carriers

[@mikewazvid]

Last week, my son and I visited some caves in Tennessee, just above the area in Georgia highlighted in your clip. The landscape in that area is riddled with caves because of water eroding the limestone. I can imagine that to ancient people, even just 100 years ago before electric lighting, carrying a flaming torch into a cavern, sometimes crawling to reach the inner recesses, was a sacred act. Entering the unknown darkness with a fragile light, facing one's fears, reaching the point where you inscribe an oath, or paint an image, then making your way back to the land of light and the living - no different than entering a cathedral in our modern world.

[@bootsiemon]

>>>>>It is, like all languages, simply the way in which we interpret the world. That's the definition of language. And the way in which we interpreted the world included every aspect that we know about what it means to live in that world. If we lose these languages, we're losing an accumulated knowledge of human existence here over thousands of years.

[@TheTrueOnyxRose]

And that’s what happens every time we lose a language…any language…which is about once every two weeks on average globally.

[@EvonneLindiwe]

Shouldn’t this be protected ?

[@tecpaocelotl]

Sadly, a lot of native sites with native writing and glyphs aren't.

[@EvonneLindiwe]

@@tecpaocelotl 😔 this really irks me to know.

[@kraneiathedancingdryad6333]

This annoys me as well. Have some respect!!

[@tecpaocelotl]

@EvonneLindiwe there's a lot of glyphs I seen in person where people have tagged or destroyed the walls.

[@searchyo8730]

Well they arent bc it's not european culture

[@leetyler4122]

Amazing. Thank you.

[@rmr1962]

cool story

[@misfit138zwc]

Beau Carroll, we are 138! 💀

[@D_Do-see-do_c]

Thank you for the video 👍

[@terryschiller2625]

Osiyo,wado unalii

[@Jay.B.2046]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@StevenOsburnHollywood]

That’s not even the cursive style of Cherokee writing that is older.