Sequoyah the Gift of WritingChapter 1: Young Sequoyah

By Justine FontesPower point by:Mattie and Naidyn

Young Sequoyah

In 1773 a Cherokee woman had a baby boy named Sequoyah.

Wuh-teh lived in Taskigi, Tennessee with her son Sequoyah.

Sequoyah played with the men of his village.He knew he wouldn’t be the best at running or hunting.

Young Sequoyah

Settlers when Sequoyah was young were taking the nation’s land. The settlers brought guns and books that Native Americans did not know of.

Native Americans and settlers signed treaties that the Cherokee people called them talking leaves.

Young Sequoyah

Cherokee people worried about there land because settlers were taking it.

Sequoyah moved to Georgia to be a silversmith.

One day at Sequoyah’s shop somebody askedhim if he would sign his jewelry.

Young Sequoyah

Sequoyah went to a Cherokee to learn to write in English.

Sequoyah drew pictures with charcoal.

SequoyahChapter 2: Sequoyah Gift

By Justine FontesBy Alexis and Morgan

Sequoyah’s Gift

Sequoyah got married and his wife didn’t like his job.

Sequoyah joined the army and saw others write letters to their families.

He also wanted to write letters, but the Cherokee people didn’t have an alphabet.

His scrolls got burned, so he made new ones.

He made an alphabet for the Cherokee language.

His daughter Ayoka helped him make the alphabet.

In 1821 he finished the alphabet, there are 86 symbols.

The Cherokee people lost land to people with gold.

Sequoyah took Ayoka to a council meeting.

SequoyahChapter 3: The Tribal Council

By Justine FontesPowerpoint By: Gavin and Wilson

The Tribal CouncilAyoka used Sequoyah’s alphabet to write down what

happened at tribal council.

Then Sequoyah read aloud while Ayoka wrote. The chiefs were proud of Sequoyah.

Sequoyah was proud because there was an acceptance he had wished for. He had wished that the chiefs would teach Sequoyah’s alphabet .

The ones that learned how to read and also how to write taught one another. The language went all over the tribe.

Later on Sequoyah had moved his family to the state of Arkansas. He had sold some salt and did some mining.