Talking Leaves
Season 8 Episode 1 | 27m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
Sequoyah invents the Cherokee syllabary, and how it is still used today.
When Europeans settled in the new world, many Indians noticed the newcomers could communicate through writing. Most believed it was sorcery, but Sequoyah created a system of writing the Cherokee language. Soon, more Cherokees could read and write than the white settlers. The story of Sequoyah, the man who invented the Cherokee syllabary and unraveled the mystery of the “Talking Leaves.”
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Talking Leaves
Season 8 Episode 1 | 27m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
When Europeans settled in the new world, many Indians noticed the newcomers could communicate through writing. Most believed it was sorcery, but Sequoyah created a system of writing the Cherokee language. Soon, more Cherokees could read and write than the white settlers. The story of Sequoyah, the man who invented the Cherokee syllabary and unraveled the mystery of the “Talking Leaves.”
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