Cherokee Nation Marks October 15th As 'Sequoyah Day'

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 every October 15th as Sequoyah Day.

The proclamation was signed at the Sequoyah's Cabin Museum. It was then translated into Cherokee and printed on a printing press at John Brown University using a special commissioned Syllabary typeset.

Sequoyah completed the syllabary in 1821 and it was adopted as the official written language in 1825.