Sequoyah invented a written language for the Cherokee. Sequoyah was devoted to enabling the Cherokee people to have the power that comes with a written language, a power held by the white man. Though ...

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Sequoyah was fascinated by books and letters, enchanted by the way people could divine meaning from ink-stained scribbles on a written page. Born circa the 1760s in what is now Tennessee and trained ...

Consists of notebook of songs and formulas in the Cherokee syllabary with transliteration and translation. Also contains a partial list of specimens collected in Tennessee and on "Reservation" for the ...