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Pictured
above is
Sequoyah,
creator of
the
Cherokee
Alphabet.
Ssiquoya,
as he signed
his name,
or
Se-quo-ya,
as his name
is often
spelled
today in
Cherokee),
named in
English
George Gist
or Guess,
was a
Cherokee
silversmith,
who in 1821
completed
his
independent
creation of
a
Cherokee
syllabary,
making
reading and
writing in
Cherokee
possible.
This
was the only
time in
recorded
history that
a member of
an
illiterate
people
independently
created an
effective
writing
system.
After seeing
its worth,
the Cherokee
Nation
rapidly
began to use
his
syllabary,
and
officially
adopted it
in 1825.
Their
literacy
rate rapidly
surpassed
that of
surrounding
European-American
settlers.
Sequoyah's
Biography
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