sequoyah

     

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Trivia about sequoyah

  • The cabin of this inventor of the Cherokee syllabary is a national historic landmark in Oklahoma
  • In 1828, thanks to his syllabary, the Cherokee Phoenix became the USA's first Indian language newspaper
  • In 1821, he became only person to invent, unaided, an entire alphabet & numbering system
  • While living in Alabama, this Native American leader completed a 10-year project developing a Cherokee alphabet

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