Jeff Edwards

Jeff Edwards, of Vian, Oklahoma, is an award-winning Cherokee graphic artist who has worked for the Cherokee Nation for over 20 years. His career at the Nation has always involved working with the Cherokee syllabary and language. His artwork is almost exclusively Cherokee themed. He prefers using the Cherokee syllabary as opposed to English to promote the Cherokee language and likes using old cultural concepts but expressing them with modern electronic tools. He is a language activist and has worked on numerous projects with major technology companies that have projected the Cherokee language into the global spotlight. Edwards attended Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, and received his associate degree in liberal arts and completed his Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.