#indigenous_language Timeline

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The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews

By Margaret Bender and Tom Belt

https://theconversation.com/the-cherokee-bible-one-of-the-languages-first-books-is-a-window-between-worldviews-271717

Books about Cherokee Indians -- History at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26692

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Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee syllabary.

Lithographer: Lehman and Duval (George Lehman (d.1870); Peter S. Duval) Painter: Henry Inman (1801-20-28 - 1846-01-17); copy after a painting by Charles Bird King (1785 - 1862) which was lost in a fire in the Smithsonian in 1865.

Sequoyah with a tablet depicting his writing system for the Cherokee language. 19th-century print of a painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee#/media/File:Sequoyah.jpg

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Indigenous Languages Decade (2022-2032)

Building a global community for the preservation, revitalization and support of indigenous languages worldwide.

https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages

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The Man Who Created a Written Language for the Cherokee Did It So Efficiently and Elegantly, His Peers Thought It Was Magic

Sequoyah’s syllabary faced suspicion initially, but after a demonstration, his version of “talking leaves” was widely embraced. And then the word spread

by Andrew Lawler

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/man-created-written-language-cherokee-did-efficiently-elegantly-peers-thought-magic-180988850/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=20261012-daily&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f

Books about Sequoyah and Cherokee Indians at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1595
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/26692

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Portrait of Sequoyah by Henry Inman.

Oil portrait of a man in a red patterned turban, blue striped coat, white collar and red cravat. He holds a pipe in his mouth and a silver medallion at his chest, and points to a tablet of written syllabic characters. A quill and inkwell sit on the table beside him.

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