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SE-QUO-YAH – lithograph ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎠᏴᏫᏯ Tribes, McKinney ᎠᎴ ᎦᎳᏅᏛ, 1856. ᎪᎯ lithograph ᎨᏒᎢ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏓᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᎾᎥᎢ Charles ᏥᏍᏆ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1828.

Sequoyah (ᏍᏏᏆᏱ Ssiquaya ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏣᎳᎩ) (c.1767 - ᎫᏰᏉᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎦᎶᏂ 1843), ᎤᎾᏅᏛ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ George ᎢᏰᎵᏍᏗ, ᎠᏓᏩᏛᎯᏙᎯ ᎠᎴ Gist, ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏣᎳᎩ silversmith ᎦᎪ invented ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ syllabary, ᎯᎠ ᎢᏴ earning ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎾᎿᎢ ᎾᎿ ᎯᎠ ᏙᎪᏩᎸ inventors ᎠᏃᏪᎵᏍᎬ systems.

[edit] ᎤᏕᏅ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎬᏱ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ

ᎯᎠ ᏗᏙᎳᎩ ᎾᎿᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎢᏳ ᎢᎪᎯ Sequoyah ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏕᏅ ᎠᎴ unknown, ᏥᏄᏍᏗ Ꮭ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎯ ᎪᏪᎸ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏂᏚᏍᏗ. Speculation ᎠᎴ ᎢᏰᎵᏍᏗ-ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎾᎥᎢ historianᎾᎿᎢ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏕᏅ ᎾᎾᎢ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎪᏍᏓᏱ ᎠᏰᎵ 1760 ᎠᎴ 1776. ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎯᎠ ᎦᎷᎯᏍᏗ, speculation ᏚᏙᏢᏒᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏊ ᏖᎾᏏ, Georgia, ᎤᏴᏢ Carolina, Alabama ᎠᎴ ᎤᎦᎾᏭ Carolina. James Mooney, ᏧᏓᏃᏣᎵ anthropologist ᎠᎴ historian ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏴᏫ, quotes ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎠᎾᏓᏛᏂ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎧᏁᎬᎢ Ꮎ Sequoyah ᎠᎴ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏂᏥ ᎤᏂᏩᏒ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᏚᎲ Tuskegee, ᏖᎾᏏ.

ᎯᎠ ᏚᏙᎥ Sequoyah ᎠᎴ Sikwâ'yǐ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏅ ᎾᏍᏋ derived ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎧᏁᏨ ᏏᏆ siqua ᎦᏛᎬᎢ 'ᏏᏆ'. ᎪᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏊ ᏩᏎᎸᎯ childhood deformity ᎠᎴ ᎣᏂᏯᎨᏍᏙᏗ ᎠᏥᏐᏅᏅ Ꮎ ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂ Sequoyah disabled.

ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏂᏥ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏅᏛ Ꮎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏙᏣᎸᏅ ᎯᎠ ᎦᎶᏁᏗ ᏧᏂᏴᏫ. Mooney ᎧᏃᎮᎭ Ꮎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᎨᏴ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏓᏠᎩᏴ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ. ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏙᏓ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎢᏳᏍᏗᏊ ᎤᏁᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛ-ᎤᏁᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎾᏰᎯᏯ ᏴᏩᏁᎬ. ᏙᏧᏓᎴᏅ ᏚᏓᎴᎿᎥ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏙᎳᎩ identity Sequoyah ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏙᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎪᏗᏗ (ᎠᏠᏯᏍᏗᏍᎩ Mooney) ᎧᏁᎢᏍᏙᏗ Ꮎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏰᎵᏊ ᏱᎩ ᎤᏭᏯᏔᏅ ᏓᎾᏘᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏪᏥ Christopher Gist, ᎠᏯᏩᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ George Washington.

ᎯᎠ ᏯᏛᎾ ᎤᏙᎯᏳ Ꮎ Sequoyah ᏄᏛᏁᎸ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎧᏁᎬ ᎩᎵᏏ ᎠᎾᏍᎬᏘ ᎾᏍᏋ indication Ꮎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏂᏥ ᎨᏒᎩ ᏚᏲᏒᎩ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏙᏓ. ᎾᎾᎢ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎪᏍᏓᏱ ᎤᏓᎷᎸ 1809, Sequoyah ᎤᏓᏅᏒ ᎯᎠ Wills ᎤᎨᏓᎵᏴ Alabama. ᎾᎿᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎪᏢᏅ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏗᏓᏁᏟᏴᎡᏗ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ silversmith. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᎾᏍᎬᏘ ᎤᎭ ᏚᎾᎵᎸ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᏪᏴ ᏓᏄᏩ ᎠᏰᎵ 1813 ᎠᎴ 1814 ᏗᎦᏘᎴᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎩᎦᎨ Sticks. ᎢᏳᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ disabled, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎨᏒᎢ unlikely ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏯᏓᎢᏗᏏ ᎤᎭ ᏚᎾᎵᎸ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛ historians ᎠᏩᏒᏗᏱ Ꮎ ᎤᏤᎵ disability ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᏓᎾᏟᎲ ᎠᏥᏐᏅᏅ.

[edit] "ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᏧᎦᎶᎦ" ᎠᎴ syllabary

ᏱᏓᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ characters ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ Sequoyah ᎤᏤᎵ syllabary. ᎯᎠ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏦᎢ characters ᎢᏧᎳ ᎥᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬ tsalagi ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏔᏂᏓᏍᏗ "ᏣᎳᎩ."

ᏥᏄᏍᏗ silversmith, Sequoyah dealt ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏠᏱᎭ ᎬᏙᏗ whites ᎦᎪ ᎠᏰᎲ ᏗᏓᏙᎳᏤᏗ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎡᏍᎦᏂ. ᎢᏳᏓᎵᎭ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏰᎯᏯ Americans ᎨᏒᎩ ᎠᏓᏕᏲᏅ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᎠᏃᏪᎵᏍᎬ, ᏩᏎᎯᎲᎢ ᎤᎾᏤᎵ ᏓᎾᏓᏛᎪᏗᏍᎬ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ "ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᏧᎦᎶᎦ." ᏴᏩyvwatuwidv 1809, Sequoyah ᎤᎴᏅᎲ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎪᏢᏗ ᎢᏯiyahdvnelidasdi ᎠᏃᏪᎵᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ.

ᎤᎶᏐᏅ ᎠᏁᎶᏗᏍᎩ ᎪᏢᏗ ᎠᎦᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎧᏁᏨ, Sequoyah ᏚᏭᎪᏔᏅ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᎧᏁᏨ ᎾᎾᎯ syllables ᎠᎴ ᎪᏢᏗ ᏌᏊ ᎠᎦᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ syllable. Utilizing ᎯᎠ ᎶᎻ ᏗᎦᎶᏆᏍᏙ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏍᏙᏗ ᏰᎵᏊ ᏱᎩ ᎯᎠ Cyrillic ᏗᎦᎶᏆᏍᏙ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ 85 characters ᎢᏯᏓᏛᏁᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ syllables. ᎪᎯ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎤᎩᏒᎩ Sequoyah 12 ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎧᎵᏬᎯ.

ᎾᎿᎢ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎢᎦᏛ ᎤᏝᏏᏛ amongst ᎤᏤᎵ ᎾᏍᎩᏴᏫ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ worthiness ᎤᏤᎵ syllabary. ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏗ ᎪᎯᏳᏙᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏗᏁᏝᎾ, Sequoyah ᏚᏕᏲᏅᎩ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ Ah-yo-ka ᎯᎳᎪ ᎥᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎪᏪᎶᏗ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏣᎳᎩ. ᎤᎶᏐᏅ amazing locals ᎬᏙᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᏤ ᎠᏃᏪᎵᏍᎬ, Sequoyah ᎠᏁᎳᏛᏅ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᎬᏁᏗ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᎪᎾᏛᏙᏗ tribal ᏅᏬᏘ Ꭰansigaya ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎾᏍᏋ rebuffed ᎾᎥᎢ ᎠᏂ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎲ possessed ᎾᎥᎢ ᎤᏐᏅᎢ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ. Sequoyah ᏭᎵᏍᏆᏛ ᎪᎯᏳᏔᏅ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᎪᎾᏛᏙᏗ ᎠᏂᏟᏏᏍᎬ Chickamaugan ᏓᏄᏩ ᎠᎾᎵᎯ. ᏄᎵᏍᏛ ᏗᏤᎢ ᎯᎠ syllabary ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎨᏒᎩ ᎠᎧᎵᎢᎲ ᏗᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏗ ᎠᏕᎶᏆᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏤ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎯ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ. ᎾᎥᎢ 1823 ᎯᎠ syllabary ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎧᎵ ᎬᏙᏗ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ. ᎯᎠ ᎠᏃᏪᎵᏍᎬ ᎢᏯiyahdvnelidasdi ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏒᎧᎵ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1825.

[edit] ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏲᏩᏁᎬ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏗᏗᏢ ᏭᏕᎵᎬ

ᎤᎶᏐᏅ ᎯᎠ acceptance ᎤᏤᎵ syllabary ᎾᎥᎢ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1825, Sequoyah ᎠᎢᏒᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎢᏤ ᏣᎳᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎨᏒ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏲᏩᏁᎬ. ᎾᎿᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎠᏫᏒᏗ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢ ᎪᏢᏅᎥᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎹ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎵᏱᎸᏛ ᏕᏕᏲᏗ ᎯᎠ syllabary ᎾᏂᎥᏇ ᎦᎪ ᎤᎷᏨᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ. ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1828, Sequoyah journeyed Washington, D.C. ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏛ delegation ᏗᏓᏁᏤᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏓᏠᎯᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎻ.

ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗ ᎠᏲᎸᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎾᎾᎯ ᏚᏓᏂᏴᏒ ᎬᏙᏗ ᏗᏂᎳᏫᎩ ᏐᎢ ᎾᏰᎯᏯ ᏴᏩᏁᎬ tribes ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᏴᏩyvwatuwidv ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ. ᎬᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏓᎾᏠᏍᎦ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᏚᏭᎪᏔᏅ ᎪᏢᏗ syllabary ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎢᎬᏩᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᎬᏙᏗ ᏄᎾᏛᏅ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎾᏰᎯᏯ ᏴᏩᏁᎬ tribes. ᎬᏙᏗ ᎪᎯ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎣᏓᏅᏛ, Sequoyah ᎤᎴᏅᎲ ᎥᎢᏒᎢ areas ᎡᏙᎠ ᎢᎦ Arizona ᎠᎴ ᎢᏤ Mexico ᎤᎪᎲᎢ tribes ᎾᎿᎢ.

ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎦᏟᏐᏗᎩ, Sequoyah ᎠᏍᎩᏓᏒᎯ ᎥᎪᏩᏘᏍᎬ ᎯᎠ splintered ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ reunited. ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗ ᎤᎪᎲᎢ Cherokees ᎦᎪ ᎠᏰᎲ ᎤᏓᏅᏒ Mexico Ꮎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏲᎱᏒ ᎠᏰᎵ 1843 ᎠᎴ 1845.

[edit] Sequoyah ᎤᏤᎵ ᏚᏙᎥ

• ᎯᎠ ᏚᏙᎥ ᎯᎠ ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎭᏢᏃ Sequoyah ᎠᏰᎲ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎸ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎻ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎦᏁᏟᏴᏓ Sequoyah ᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1851. ᎯᎳᎪ ᎢᏳ ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎻ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏔᏅ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ, Ꮎ ᎡᏍᎦᏂ ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗ ᎤᎾᏅᏛ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ Sequoyah ᏍᎦᏚᎩ.
• ᎯᎠ Sequoia ᏡᎬ ᎨᏒᎢ commonly ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏅ ᎾᏍᏋ ᏓᎪᎥᎩ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᎦᏛ botanists ᎤᎭ challenged ᎪᎯ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎠᏛᏗ.
• ᎯᎠ ᎧᏁᎢᏍᏔᏅ ᎤᏔᏂᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ Sequoyah ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏓᎪᎥᎩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ.

[edit] External ᏗᏕᎬᏔᏛ

• Invention of the Cherokee Alphabet ᎦᎴᏴᏔᏅᎯ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏧᎴᎯᏌᏅᎯ
• The Life and Work of Sequoyah; Chronicles of Oklahoma
• The Father of Sequoyah: Nathaniel Gist; Chronicles of Oklahoma
• Sequoyah ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ Tiro Typeworks
• Sequoyah (aka George Gist), a North Georgia Notable
• The Cherokee Nation
• The Official Cherokee Font