Cultural Continuance and Agency in Cherokee Biographical Digital Storytelling.

This article examines how biographical digital storytelling on Cherokee Nation platforms—specifically the online newsroom Anadisgoi and the documentary series Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People—embodies Native American cultural continuance and agency. Through qualitative content analysis, six storytelling themes emerged: advancement, cultural diffusion, cultural renewal, contribution, resilience, and modernity, each reflecting key concepts such as visibility, envisioning a future, creative authority, authenticity, and disruption of dominant norms. The study highlights how these digital narratives enable the Cherokee Nation to assert sovereignty, preserve culture, and challenge settler colonialism by independently sharing authentic, real-life stories with both Native and broader audiences. While limited by sample size, the findings suggest that digital biographical storytelling offers a meaningful avenue for Indigenous cultural preservation and self-representation in contemporary media.