... Indians hunted the deer population of the southeast in order to use the skins as bartering items. The deer population steadily decreased almost to the point of endangerment (121). Following the European explorers, missionaries saw the "uncivilized" Cherokee nation as an opportunity to spread Christianity. After the American Revolution, the Cherokees, aided by Return J. Meigs, adopted many "white man's ways." With the introduction of the loom and spinning wheels into the Cherokee culture, the role of women gradually ... of making cloth and clothing. Men then gave up their hunting roles a...

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... what they did. In 1821 the Cherokee Indians adopted Sequoyahs system of syllabary. By the year 1822 most Cherokees could read and right in this new Cherokee language due to the "each-one-teach-one literacy campaign"(Keroe 197). In 1828 the Cherokee syllabary was used in the press as "the Cherokee Tribal Council established its own publication, Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate, a weekly ... newspaper"(Dockstader 259). With this in mind, it is no wonder that Sequoyah was awarded a lifetime pension for the creation of this new alphabet. This was the first pension ever given by an India...

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