Sequoyah's Cherokee writing system​: Initially met with suspicion and accusations of witchcraft, Sequoyah's revolutionary Cherokee syllabary was proven effective through a test with his daughter. This ...

Creating an entire writing system is quite an accomplishment. Creating a writing system when you have never been able to read or write is even more remarkable, but that is exactly what the man called ...

Rumford's (Nine Animals and the Well) economical yet lyrically told picture-book biography begins as the unseen narrator's father explains how California's Giant ...

VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — A museum in Vonore strives to promote the understanding and appreciation of the history of the Cherokee people. The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum tells the story of George Gist, ...

While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors ...