1. Sequoyah the Gift of Writing Chapter 1: Young Sequoyah By Justine Fontes Power point by:Mattie and Naidyn

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Young Sequoyah CCherokee people worried about there land because settlers were taking it. SSequoyah moved to Georgia to be a silversmith.  One day at Sequoyah’s shop somebody asked him if he would sign his jewelry.

5. Young Sequoyah  Sequoyah went to a Cherokee to learn to write in English. SSequoyah drew pictures with charcoal.

6. Sequoyah Chapter 2: Sequoyah Gift By Justine Fontes By Alexis and Morgan

7. Sequoyah’s Gift SSequoyah got married and his wife didn’t like his job. SSequoyah joined the army and saw others write letters to their families. HHe also wanted to write letters, but the Cherokee people didn’t have an alphabet.

8.  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.

9.  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.

10. Sequoyah Chapter 3: The Tribal Council By Justine Fontes Powerpoint By: Gavin and Wilson

11. The Tribal Council  Ayoka 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.

12.  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.