Ed FieldsEd Fields is a native Cherokee speaker who has taught the Cherokee language for over 20 years. His online classes have reached students all over the United States as well as countries as far away as England, Serbia, Italy, Norway, China, France, New ealand, Belgium and Germany. In 2010 he was named a Cherokee National Treasure for his contributions to the language. Ed has been interviewed by the Cherokee Phoenix and was also featured in an OsiyoTV segment, Shade Tree Stories. He is a member of the Cherokee Nation Medicine Keepers, a small group which works to preserve traditional knowledge of plants and medicine. In 2022 Ed was a guest speaker for UC Berkeley. He was also named as project leader of a new archive at Northeastern State University, The Ed Fields Digital Cherokee Archive. In addition, Ed received the 2022 Cherokee Phoenix's Seven Feathers Award for language. Read More Read Less