CLAREMORE, Okla.-The Cherokee Nation and Rogers State University are teaming up to connect more Cherokee Nation citizens to the Cherokee language through a new, online learning platform.

RSU Public TV's continuing education and enrichment program, RSU Works, is linking students to the tribe's online language courses taught by instructor Ed Fields. This is the first time registration for the Cherokee Nation's free classes is available both through the tribe's website www.cherokee.org and through www.RSUworks.org.

"This is just the first phase of the partnership with RSU," said Cherokee Natio...