There never was a state like Sequoyah.

salishsea — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:35:00 -0800

Between 1902 and 1905 representatives of five tribes in the Indian Territory of the southern United States lobbied for statehood. The tribes proposed creating a tribal state called Sequoyah (hi res image here). At the constiutional conference in 1905 a constitution was drafted and later forwarded to the federal Congress and President, but despite a successful ratification campaign, the effort died on the vine. The Indian Territory and Oklahoma were instead admitted to the Union two years later as one state.

Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary

magullo — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 05:07:49 -0800

Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary
The history of a man who single-handedly invented a new and unique writing system which made the literacy rate of his nation shoot from 0% to 90% in just a few years.

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There never was a state like Sequoyah.

Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary