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Sequoyah

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Also known as Ssiquoya, George Gist, George Guess

Sequoyah ( ; , , or , , ; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.

Person · Open Library

Born
1770?
Died
1843
Works
1

Top works

  • Cherokee alphabet

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Active from
1992

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

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These are not the pics of the band Sequoyah who's singing these songs. This band is Sequoyah Prep School, they just droped prep school on their last album(Spells). Just putting this here so lastfm can fix it, not to give bio info haha <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sequoyah">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Person.native_name
/
Person.native_name_lang
Cherokee
Person.image
Henry Inman - Sequoyah - Google Art Project.jpg
Person.caption
Portrait of Sequoyah by Henry Inman
Person.birth_date
1770
Person.birth_place
Tuskegee, Cherokee Nation(part of modern-day Monroe County, Tennessee)
Person.death_place
San Fernando de Rosa, Coahuila, Mexico(near present-day Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico)
Person.other_names
George Guess, George Gist
Person.children
2

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Sequoyah.jpg
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Commons category
Sequoyah
date of death
1843-08-01
date of birth
1770-00-00
name in native language
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Article

18 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Move to Alabama
  • Life after the creation of the syllabary
  • Syllabary and Cherokee literacy
  • Creation
  • Teaching the syllabary
  • Use in official documents and print
  • Life in Indian Territory
  • Final journey and death
  • International influence
  • Legacy
  • Contemporary use of Cherokee
  • Namesake honors
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Sequoyah ( ; , , or , , ; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.

In 1821, Sequoyah completed his Cherokee syllabary, enabling reading and writing in the Cherokee language. One of the first North American Indigenous groups to gain a written language, the Cherokee Nation officially adopted the syllabary in 1825, helping to unify a forcibly divided nation with new ways of communication and a sense of independence. Within a quarter-century, the Cherokee Nation had reached a literacy rate of almost 100%, surpassing that of surrounding European-American settlers.

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