Cherokee Language with Chief John Ross

John Ross, Jr., is a full-blood Cherokee speaker from Adair County in the Cherokee Nation. John holds a Bachelor in Social Sciences from Northeastern State University with an emphasis in Indian Studies and Business. John was Treasurer of The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (UKB) from 1987-91. He was Chief of UKB from 1991-1998. It was he who secured all federal funding for the UKB through a bill passed through Congress in 1997. He has a passion for his people and wants to share his culture through the preservation of our language in many forms. John has worked over a decade at the Cherokee Nation in Housing, Community Services and currently in Translation - Education Services. He is certified as a Master in the Cherokee language and as a certified Cherokee Instructor in the Cherokee language. Cherokee Nation has the only Translation Department of any Tribe in the United States. In 2014 John was named a Cherokee National Treasure. John is married to Julie Kiddy Ross and they have three children Rikki, Trey and Susan of the home. John has two other children Tony and Adam and five grandchildren.

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