... 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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