Sequoyah, whose name in English was George Guess or Gist, was born about 1763 near present day Vonore in Monroe County, Tennessee. He was raised by his mother, Wu-te-he, a full-blooded Cherokee. His ...

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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 ...

Editor's note: Dr. James Livingood, distinguished UTC professor of history, discussed the evolution of Cherokee ways in his "Chattanooga: Illustrated History." Below are excerpts: "Most Cherokee lived ...

As almost everyone knows, sequoia is the name given to a giant tree typical of California’s Sierra Nevada that can exceed one hundred meters in height and ten meters in diameter. However, one of its ...

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For 2-1/2 years, Rogers has been combing the Mexican countryside near the Texas border in search of the grave of Sequoyah, who is best known for creating the Cherokee alphabet. Although he never ...

It all started when one of Google's engineers carpooled with a Cherokee Nation member. After talking, the idea was formed of adding Cherokee language support to Gmail, an idea that has ultimately been ...

Members of the Cherokee tribe have worked with Apple to develop Cherokee language software for the iPhone, iPod and soon the iPad. You can now communicate in Cherokee on your iPhone. That's because ...

The 26-letter alphabet we use is not American, but English. It is a "Made in Britain" import, brought to Plymouth Rock and Jamestown in the 17th century. Noah Webster made it our official alphabet ...

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