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Synopsis
Read about Sequoyah-the person who gave the Cherokees the gift of reading and writing.
Children's Literature
The importance of Sequoyah's work is boiled down to a few talking points in this very brief biography of the famous Cherokee. Sequoyah's work revolutionized the Cherokee nation and played a pivotal role in the move to Indian Territory in the 1830s, an event which is only mentioned briefly in the text and could have been left out of the text entirely since the author focused most of the rest of the text on the development of the Cherokee alphabet. The facts of Sequoyah's life are strung together and read like a child's first attempt at writing a term paper on Sequoyah's life and offer little more than the most basic of facts on Sequoyah. The only redeeming quality of this short text is the inclusion of illustrations of Sequoyah and photo reproductions of Sequoyah's birthplace and cabin in Indian Territory. The text is part of the "Amazing Americans" series. Reviewer: Danielle Williams