Sequoyah's Cherokee writing system​: Initially met with suspicion and accusations of witchcraft, Sequoyah's revolutionary ...

Long before the Cherokee language appeared in newspapers, schoolbooks or street signs, it existed almost entirely in speech.

VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Cherokee Nation announced it is honoring the man who gave the Cherokee people their own written language by declaring Oct. 15 as “Sequoyah Day.” The principal chief of the ...

Sequoyah, a Cherokee innovator, developed a unique writing system for his people. This invention transformed the Cherokee into one of North America's most literate societies. His syllabary enabled ...

While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors ...