Skip to main content Skip to Search Box

Sequoyah

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(sĭkwoi'Ә), c.1766–1843, Native North American leader, creator of the Cherokee syllabary, b. Loudon co., Tenn. Although many historians believe that he was the son of a Cherokee woman and a white trader named Nathaniel Gist, his descendants dispute this claim. To most Americans he was known as George Guess; to the Cherokee he was known as Sogwali. The name Sequoyah was given to him by missionaries. A silversmith and a trader in the Cherokee country in Georgia, he set out to create a system for reducing the Cherokee language to writing, and he compiled a table of 85 characters; he took some letters from an English spelling book and by inversion, modification, and invention adopted the symbols to Cherokee sounds. There is some dispute as to when the syllabary was completed. Many historians date its completion at about 1821; Cherokee tradition holds that it was created much earlier and was actually in use as early as the late 18th cent. In 1822, Sequoyah visited the Cherokee in Arkansas, …
107 results

Full text Article Sequoyah

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(sĭkwoi'Ә), c.1766–1843, Native North American leader, creator of the Cherokee syllabary, b. Loudon co., Tenn. Although many historians believe that he was the son of a Cherokee woman and a white trader named Nathaniel Gist, his descendants dispute this claim. To most Americans he was known as…
| 259 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article Sequoyah

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(born c. 1760/1770, Taskigi, North Carolina colony—died August 1843, near San Fernando, Mex.) Creator of the Cherokee writing system. Sequoyah was probably the son of a British trader. Convinced that the secret of the white people’s power was written language, Sequoyah set about developing a…
| 143 words
Key concepts:
CHARACTERS CUT IN THE TREES The Cherokee artist and artisan Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, dramatically debuted an innovative form of communication before a group of Cherokee leaders in 1821. Returning home from his travels in Arkansas Territory, he brought letters composed in a writing…
| 2,076 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article Sequoyah

From The Great American History Fact-Finder
| 50 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article Sequoyah

From Chambers Biographical Dictionary
| 75 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article Sequoyah

From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
| 12 words
Key concepts:
| 25 words
Key concepts:

Full text Article The Cherokee Scholar, Sequoyah (1776-1843) (colour litho)

From Bridgeman Images: Peter Newark American Pictures
The Cherokee Scholar, Sequoyah (1776-1843) (colour litho)
| 80 words , 1 image
Key concepts:
The Museum of Native American History in...
No federally recognized Native nations are in Arkansas; 29,268 residents identify as Native American. BENTONVILLE Museum of Native American History Exhibits are divided into five different time periods from fourteen thousand years ago to more recent times. The museum houses a large collection of…
| 660 words , 3 images
A reconstruction of a Chicasaw village at...
Eight tribal groups and almost thirty thousand Native people are in Tennessee. CLEVELAND Red Clay State Historical Area In the fall of 1838, the Cherokee tribal council assembled at Red Clay. Georgia had outlawed any public gathering by Native peoples three years earlier. Leaders were forced to…
| 1,338 words , 4 images
Key concepts:
Mind Map

Stack overflow
More Library Resources