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Sequoyah (Cherokee: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, Ssiquoya, or ᏎᏉᏯ, Se-quo-ya; IPA:, c. 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.
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Sequoyah (ᏍᏏᏉᏯ S-si-quo-ya in Cherokee), conosciuto anche come George Gist, o George Guess (Tuskegee, 1770 circa – Tamaulipas, agosto 1843) fu un nativo americano Cherokee che inventò nel 1821 il sillabario Cherokee.
8 apr 2024 · Sequoyah (born c. 1775, Taskigi, North Carolina colony [U.S.]—died August 1843, near San Fernando, Mexico) was the creator of the Cherokee writing system (see Cherokee language). Sequoyah was probably the son of a Virginia fur trader named Nathaniel Gist.
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19 ott 2023 · Sequoyah’s syllabary, which the Cherokee Nation formally adopted in 1825, proved its value during an extremely trying period in the nation’s history. Through the work of white, Christian missionary Samuel Worcester, the Cherokee obtained a printing press and launched the Cherokee Phoenix in 1828.
27 set 2023 · In a last-ditch effort to retain Native sovereignty, Creek Nation chief Pleasant Porter, pictured here, helped organize a 1905 movement to create a Native American-governed U.S. state called...
29 mag 2018 · Sequoyah (ca. 1770-1843), Cherokee scholar, is the only known Native American to have formulated analphabet for his tribe. This advance enabled thousands of Cherokee to become literate. Sequoyah was born at the Cherokee village of Taskigi in Tennessee.
27 mar 2023 · Although Sequoyah was never a principal chief, he was active in Cherokee politics and an influential person. He was one of the Cherokee delegates who signed the 1816 Treaty of Chickasaw Council House, which ceded most of the Cherokee claims to land in present-day north Alabama.
