VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Cherokee Nation announced it is honoring the man who gave the Cherokee people their own written language by declaring Oct. 15 as “Sequoyah Day.” The principal chief of the ...

To improve contact with British colonists, the Cherokee Sequoyah developed his own tribal script with 85 characters.

VONORE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Monroe County is inviting the public and offering free admission in celebration of Sequoyah Remembrance Day in early August. Sequoyah is who ...

Cherokee Nation officials formalized the purchase of Sequoyah’s Cabin from the Oklahoma Historical Society with a signing ceremony Wednesday. The tribe is celebrating the purchase and acquisition of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AKINS, OKLAHOMA — His likeness is forever ...

The Cherokee Nation is recognizing October 15 as “Sequoyah Day,” 200 years after the creation of the Cherokee Syllabary. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. signed an official proclamation declaring ...

VONORE, Tenn. - For the first time in more than three decades, the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum is getting a major makeover in the form of a new exhibit amid long-awaited renovations that began last ...

As far as Joe Byrd was concerned, the little building and the parcel of land on which it stood had long been a home away from home. “I remember coming here as a kid, on our end of the school year ...

Sequoyah’s Cabin Museum has opened a new exhibit, "Sequoyah’s Last Journey," at the historic landmark near Sallisaw. The exhibit offers a closer look at Cherokee migration in pre-statehood Texas, as ...

Sequoyah is one of the most important Tennesseans to have ever lived. But no matter what book you read, video you watch or website you click on, you'll find a different account of his life. That is ...

The many Knoxville residents who enjoy exercising along the Cherokee Boulevard median trail in Sequoyah Hills have recently been able to give their eyes a workout, too. That is, if they are in the ...

The Oklahoma Historical Society will finalize the sale of Sequoyah's Cabin to the Cherokee Nation next week in Sequoyah County. The tribe is celebrating the purchase November 9 at 2:30 p.m. with a ...