The official newspaper of the Cherokee Nation, itself founded in 1828 as the first Native American newspaper, printed in the Cherokee syllabary and English; its modern website carries the Nation's own account of the syllabary's history.
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PublisherCherokee Nation
URLhttps://www.cherokeephoenix.org/culture/sequoyah-inventor-of-cherokee-syllabary/article_a83c9cc8-1f25-11ed-9329-d3f5b1d9924b.html
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The Cherokee Nation's own newspaper of record reporting on its own nation's history and the syllabary it was founded to print. Cross-Tradition Connections
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