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 ...

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 ...

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Nearly 200 years ago, Cherokee gathered inside a cave in Alabama and, using their newly minted alphabet, wrote ceremonial messages onto the walls and ceiling, a new study finds. The writings included ...

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 ...