How Did Sequoyah Contribute To The Cherokee Tribe

Sequoyah had been a crippled, uneducated and poor young man just waiting to contribute to society. His mom, Wu-teh was a part of the paint clan, the paint clan helped sick people out so Sequoyah had grown up around great influencers. Sequoyah wanted to make a difference in the Cherokee tribe, so he did what he thought would make them stronger as a tribe. He had always thought that the secret power of the white man is that of a written language, so he set out to do so. Starting in 1809 Sequoyah began to develop the written Cherokee language. No one had believed in him while doing so, so when he started to create the symbols for the language, he taught them to his daughter. After he had gone through a painstaking cycle of developing the syllabary he brought the idea to tribal leaders and then they officially adopted his language in 1825. Sequoyah's dedication to create a language for the people of the Cherokee tribe to better

This new language helped the Cherokee tribe be more independent and not rely on others. Sequoyah and the Cherokee tribe had to face many challenges on the way. Like in 1821 the U.S. government began moving the “Five Civilized Tribes”, these included the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw tribes to places near the Mississippi River. However, Sequoyah and the Cherokee tribe battled through this and still produced many legal documents, books, bibles and other writing pieces all translated into the Cherokee syllabary. Sequoyah's new language was so simple that almost an entire tribe became literate in a little over a year. This helped them as a tribe maintain their independence and a strong national identity. Also, this syllabary had helped them into converting oral laws, traditions and beliefs as a tribe into written material. He gave his people a system that ensured the Cherokee tribe greatness that nobody would forget in the