Crossword clues for sequoyah
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 248
Land area (2000): 8.026063 sq. miles (20.787408 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.026063 sq. miles (20.787408 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66450
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.386400 N, 95.589467 W
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Headwords:
Sequoyah
Housing Units (2000): 16940
Land area (2000): 673.815586 sq. miles (1745.174282 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 41.059823 sq. miles (106.344448 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 714.875409 sq. miles (1851.518730 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.484348 N, 94.788897 W
Headwords:
Sequoyah, OK
Sequoyah County
Sequoyah County, OK
Wikipedia
Sequoyah (ᏍᏏᏉᏯ Ssiquoya, as he signed his name, or ᏎᏉᏯ Se-quo-ya, as his name is often spelled today in Cherokee) (17701843), named in English George Gist or George Guess, was a Cherokee silversmith. In 1821 he completed his independent creation of a Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible. This was one of the very few times in recorded history that a member of a pre-literate people created an original, effective writing system, (another example being Shong Lue Yang). After seeing its worth, the people of the Cherokee Nation rapidly began to use his syllabary and officially adopted it in 1825. Their literacy rate quickly surpassed that of surrounding European-American settlers.
Usage examples of "sequoyah".
That made Sequoyah even iffier, but he didn't think it would hurt—except as far as precedent went—in Kentucky or Houston.