News Release Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation is recognizing Friday, October 15 as “Sequoyah Day” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Sequoyah’s creation
TAHLEQUAH – The Cherokee Nation is recognizing Friday, Oct. 15 as “Sequoyah Day” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Sequoyah’s creation of the Cherokee Syllabary.
On the picturesque grounds of Sequoyah’s Cabin Museum in Sallisaw, Cherokee Nation leaders met Oct. 12 to celebrate via a formal proclamation 200 years of the tribe’s written language.
In the Sept. 30 Culture Committee meeting, the Tribal Council received updated plans to further the Cherokee language through various programs and partnerships.