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Sequoya

Sequoya

1 9.6
A Cherokee metal worker and scholar who created a writing system for the Cherokee language
  • proper noun
  • /sɪˈkwɔɪə/
: Sequoya
  • The legacy of Sequoya endures today as his syllabary is still used by the Cherokee people.
  • Sequoya Reservation

Examples

  • In American history, the names of notable figures, such as Sequoya, are remembered for their contributions to their communities.

  • The schools were owned by the Sequoya Reservation, seventh to ninth grade and tenth to twelfth, about fifty kids each.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Wallabee Acres Trailer Court and most of the town of Maybell were inside the Sequoya Reservation.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The Bureau had started a new program on the Sequoya Reservation: cash reward for anyone reporting willful endangerment of the unborn through alcohol abuse.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women. Allen, ed. (J. Sequoya) 15(2):274.

    Academic text (1992)

  • In 1821, a man named Sequoya developed a written system for the Cherokee language.

Synonyms

Sequoyah
vsSequoya
1 9.1

A Cherokee silversmith who created a writing system for his people

includes scholarly work in addition to silversmithing activity

Surface Forms

Sequoya main

Etymology

Sequoya is a name from the Cherokee language, often written Sequoyah. He invented a simple system to put Cherokee speech into written signs, so Sequoya now reminds us of 'writing' and of saving the Cherokee language.