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Sequoyah
Sequoyah, also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and neographer of the Cherokee Nation.
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science · Cherokee polymath and creator of the Cherokee syllabary · neographer · inventor · silversmith · linguist · blacksmith · trader · also Sequoyah, Ssiquoya, George Gist, George Guess
Born 1770 · Died 1 August 1843 · Q313595
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2026· 24 entries
Yahoo Sports: Hot bats propel Sequoyah softball to quick start
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Claremore Daily Progress: VOLLEYBALL: Inola sweeps Sequoyah
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2 News Oklahoma KJRH Tulsa: Sequoyah softball player, Holli Carnes, remembered as the perfect teammate
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Lake Sequoyah Drive bridge in Fayetteville to close for rehabilitation project for several weeks - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Fayetteville Flyer: Lake Sequoyah Drive bridge to close for about 90 days
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MaxPreps: Non Varsity Opponent Girls Varsity Soccer @ Sequoyah
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MaxPreps: Sequoyah High School (Canton, GA) Baseball
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Yahoo Sports: SOFTBALL: 5-run third inning derails Sequoyah in Nowata Tournament championship
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Legacy obituary: Herbert St. John Obituary (1953 - 2026) - Vian, OK - Sequoyah County Times
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Cherokee Tribune: Sequoyah’s new-look offense, veteran defense heads to Denmark
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Pasadena Now: Sequoyah School Students Set Out for a High Sierra Adventure
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Legacy obituary: John Ellis Obituary (1946 - 2026) - Lake Tenkiller, OK - Sequoyah County Times
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Legacy obituary: Ronnie Pollard Obituary (1954 - 2026) - Muldrow, OK - Sequoyah County Times
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The Advocate & Democrat: Sequoyah looks to be more competitive in King's second season
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Tahlequah Daily Press: GAME SPOTLIGHT: Sequoyah, Hulbert hit field for festival play in Quapaw
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MaxPreps: Sequoyah High School (Claremore, OK) Football
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Legacy obituary: Shirley Valdivia Obituary (1943 - 2026) - Ripley, MS - Sequoyah County Times
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Legacy obituary: Earvil Miller Obituary (1955 - 2026) - Sallisaw, OK - Sequoyah County Times
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Legacy obituary: Jimmy Dunn Obituary (1943 - 2026) - Sallisaw, OK - Sequoyah County Times
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5newsonline.com: Sequoyah County teen dies in crash
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The Oklahoman: Welcome back! See photos from the first day at Sequoyah Middle School in Edmond
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Sports Illustrated: Sequoyah vs Heavener Football - Oct 23, 2026
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Yahoo: Missing man found safe after days-long search in Sequoyah County
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2011· 1 entry
The Muskogee Phoenix published an article relating a discovery in 1903 of a gravesite in the Wichita Mountains by Hayes and Fancher, which they believed was Sequoyah's
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1964· 1 entry
Sequoyah was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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1906· 1 entry
That area was recorded as Sequoyah County
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1905· 1 entry
The proposed State of Sequoyah was named in his honor, and merged with Oklahoma Territory to form the new State of Oklahoma in 1906
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1845· 1 entry
By accompanying Cherokee stated that he had died in 1843:
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1843· 1 entry
Died 1843-08-01.
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1839· 2 entries
As the Cherokee Nation remained bitterly divided over the issue of removal to Indian Territory, Sequoyah joined forces with Jesse Bushyhead in an effort to reunify the Nation
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Sequoyah and the 16 other Old Settlers and about 15 representatives of the Ross party signed the Act of Union, thereby creating a new Cherokee constitution
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1838· 1 entry
The Cherokees from the southeast were moved to Indian Territory under Chief John Ross
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1829· 2 entries
Sequoyah moved to a location on Big Skin Bayou, where he built Sequoyah's Cabin that became his home for the rest of his life
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Sequoyah settled in present-day Sallisaw, Oklahoma, with his wife and daughter
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1828· 3 entries
That Sequoyah's father was a half-blood and his grandfather a white man
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Sequoyah traveled to Washington, D
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Religious pamphlets, educational materials, and legal documents were all made using the syllabary
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1826· 1 entry
The Cherokee National Council commissioned George Lowrey and David Brown to translate and print eight copies of the laws of the Cherokee Nation in the Cherokee language
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1825· 3 entries
Helping to unify a forcibly divided nation with new ways of communication and a sense of independence
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The Cherokee Nation officially adopted the writing system, making them one of the first indigenous groups to have a functional written language
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Sequoyah traveled to Cherokee lands in the Arkansas Territory, where he established a blacksmith shop and a salt works
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1824· 2 entries
The General Council of the Eastern Cherokee awarded Sequoyah a large silver medal in honor of the syllabary
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Sequoyah was awarded a medal from the Cherokee National Council and also moved from Alabama to Arkansas
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1821· 1 entry
Sequoyah completed his Cherokee syllabary, enabling reading and writing in the Cherokee language
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1819· 2 entries
Backed out of the treaty, which resulted in the loss of his first Alabama home, leading him to move to Willstown (modern-day Fort Payne), Alabama
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As they were under continual pressure by European-American settlers
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1817· 1 entry
Sequoyah signed a treaty that traded Cherokee land in the southeast for land in Arkansas
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1770· 1 entry
Born 1770.
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