VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Cherokee Nation announced it is honoring the man who gave the Cherokee people their own written language by declaring Oct. 15 as “Sequoyah Day.” The principal chief of the ...

The Cherokee Nation recognized Friday, Oct. 15 as "Sequoyah Day" in honor of the 200th anniversary of Sequoyah's creation of the Cherokee Syllabary. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 29—TAHLEQUAH — Turbans were introduced to the Cherokee culture by Sequoyah when, during a visit with the King of England, the ...

The Cherokee Nation is recognizing October 15 as “Sequoyah Day,” 200 years after the creation of the Cherokee Syllabary. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed an official proclamation declaring ...

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, ...

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 ...

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore will observe Sequoyah Remembrance Day Sunday, Aug. 1, from noon to 4 p.m. with free admission to the museum. Sequoyah died in August of 1843, but the exact date ...

John Peabody Harrington papers / Series 6: Native American History, Language, and Culture of the Northeast & Southeast / 6.10: Cherokee John Peabody Harrington papers, National Anthropological ...

One of Chad Berry’s early slides during his Feb. 8 talk on Appalachia and its people acknowledged that Berea College, like East Tennessee, is located on lands originally occupied by what is now the ...

I have also attached photos that I took of the birthplace museum: The first is the building signage in Cherokee and in English. The second is the museum exterior. The third is a mannequin of Wes Studi ...