FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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John Ross
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Alexander McGillivray
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Sequoyah
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William McIntosh
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sequoyah was one of the most influential figures in Cherokee history. He created the Cherokee Syllabary, a written form of the Cherokee language. The syllabary allowed literacy and printing to flourish in the Cherokee Nation in the early 19th century and remains in use today.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sequoyah (also called George Guess or George Gist), the half-Cherokee Indian who developed the Cherokee syllabary from 1809 to 1821, began by trying to devise a logographic alphabet (one graphic symbol for one word), though that eventually proved to be too unwieldy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sequoyah wanted the Cherokee to have the same chance to write in their language as the American soldiers did. So, he decided to create an alphabet for the Cherokee. It took Sequoyah over 10 years to develop the written language for the Cherokee tribe. His daughter A-Yo-Ka was his first student.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sequoyah completed his syllabary around 1821. When it was adopted by the Cherokee Nation, they became the first Native Americans to have their own alphabet and writing system.