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 ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation recognized Friday, Oct. 15 as “Sequoyah Day” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Sequoyah’s creation of the Cherokee Syllabary. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

The Cherokee Nation has published the New Testament red letter edition of the Bible in the Cherokee syllabary for the first time, with books on sale to the public soon. In a news release, the tribe ...

More than three dozen people crowded into a room at the Northeastern State University Center for a seminar centered on preserving the Cherokee language. “Stoking a Fire: Student Presentations on ...

2011-10-29T12:53:44-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/218/302329-m.jpgCharlie Rhodarmer talked about how and why Sequoyah created his own writing system for the ...

Two hundred years ago, the brilliant statesman and inventor Sequoyah presented the Cherokee syllabary to the Cherokee Nation. This year we are honoring the bicentennial of Sequoyah’s historic ...

CHEROKEE, NC: The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (Cherokee, NC) and Asheville Art Museum (Asheville, NC) have been awarded the North Carolina Museums Council’s 2021 Award of Excellence for the ...

Is anyone out there familiar with the Cherokee syllabary? I saw this sign stuck in the ground near Lake Junaluska, North Carolina: (Yes, those are grass clippings on the sign.) I figured out that it ...

Press release from Asheville Art Museum: The Asheville Art Museum is accepting submissions through December 15, 2020 from artists who are enrolled members of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee ...