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Edward Hessler
Your invention of the alphabet is worth more to your people than two bags full of gold in the hands of every Cherokee.--Sam Houston
The Cherokee hero Sequoyah, created the first Cherokee syllabary in 1821. Syllabics are written characters that each represent a syllable allowing writing.
PRI reporter Eduardo Avila reports on the interplay of technology and the Cherokee language. It includes a five-minute animation in which Sequoyah narrates (with English subtitles).
There is a history of Sequoyah and the Cherokee syllabary on the Cherokee Nation website.
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