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 ...

VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — Sequoyah Birthplace Museum announced Thursday it is observing Sequoyah Remembrance Day on Sunday to honor the man who gave the Cherokee people their own written language.

Editor's note: Dr. James Livingood, distinguished UTC professor of history, discussed the evolution of Cherokee ways in his "Chattanooga: Illustrated History." Below are excerpts: "Most Cherokee lived ...

Cherokee Nation has become the first Native American tribe to use motion and facial capture technology to help preserve and promote an indigenous language. Cherokee Nation Film Office and Original ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (KFOR) – Durbin Feeling, ...

While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors ...