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Sequoyah biography for kids
Sequoyah was a Cherokee scholar from the nineteenth century who is famous for creating a Cherokee reading and writing system.
He completed this in 1821. This system made it possible to learn to read and write in the Cherokee language.
It was officially adopted in 1825.
Sequoyah was born in 1700 in Tuskegee, which was a Cherokee town. Sequoyah never went to school and worked on the land during his childhood.
Sequoyah became disabled, historians do not know why.
In any case, this mean that he could not be a warrior nor a farmer.
He spent a lot of time learning many useful things.
Sequoyah was very skilled in lots of areas, he even learnt to make silver jewellery and coins for trappers and traders.
He also learnt to blacksmith and opened a shop.
Cherokee literacy
Sequoyah traded with a lot of white settlers and learnt a lot about their writing.
Sequoyah believed he could also invent a way to talk on paper f