Valuing and understanding cultural diversity is an important step in being able to understand the customs and histories of a society. Culture itself is a key part of a society's identity because it allows members of society to identify how they view themselves and other groups with which they identify. Each culture, community or ethnic group tends to have its own beliefs, values ​​and notions about how to lead one's life. Every society relies on cultural expression to continue to keep its communities strong and traditions alive. The key element of cultural expression is language. Language is essential as a social element and helps establish emotional feelings of solidarity and group identity. Denying a people this fundamental aspect of cultural expression limits the unique perspectives of that people's lives and the transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next is immediately threatened. Language is what unites cultures and binds people to each other. The loss of a language means the forever loss of an entire culture, of its people, of its identity. The suppression of the languages ​​of minority groups in general has been used as a political policy throughout history in order to exterminate and suppress minority cultures. When languages ​​disappear, cultures die, and dead cultures quickly disappear into the history of time. Two indigenous tribes in North America, the Wôpanâak and the Cherokee, have recognized this problem. With a decreasing number of their native speakers dying due to old age, the assimilation of their youth by modern American culture, and the lack of fluent middle-aged speakers, the Wôpanâak and Cherokee tribes began to focus on revitalization of their language. ...... middle of paper ...... Okee speakers discuss language revitalization efforts. " Cherokee Phoenix.Web. April 21. 2014. Cherokee, A. Cherokeepreservationfdn.org, (2014). Revitalizing the Cherokee Language. [online] Frey, B. (2005). A Look at the Cherokee Language. 1st ed . North Carolina Museum of History: Tar Heal Junior Historian, pp.45: 1. Native Language Institute: Revitalizing Native Cultural Survival [online] “Language scholars are racing with the times to revitalize the. Cherokee Language.” Language Scholars Race to Revitalize the Cherokee Language. McCarty, T. and Littlebear, R. (2013). kindergartens | Wampanoag. [online] Ourmothertongues.org.Wampanoag Language Revitalization, (2012).]