SUMMARYSequoyah: the nation wrote itself down (Nov 8, 2026; TANASI line research)
RECORD (New Georgia Encyclopedia, "Sequoyah, ca. 1770–ca. 1840")"Born in a village in the mountains of Tennessee"; the syllabary was "Completed in 1821," has "eighty-four to eighty-six characters," and "was rapidly adopted by a large number of Cherokees"; the Cherokee Phoenix was published "1828 to 1834" at New Echota; "He died in Texas or Mexico."
RECORD (Cherokee Phoenix, Stacie Boston, "Cherokee syllabary shows resiliency, celebrates 200 years," Sept. 16, 2021)Sequoyah began the system in 1809; it was "completed in 1821"; it was "adopted by the Tribal Council in 1825"; the newspaper "launched in 1828."
PATTERNwithin about seven years of completion, a nation had its own script, its own council adoption and its own printed newspaper, in the same years Georgia and Washington were pushing removal
DISPUTEDbirth year and place vary by source (ca. 1770; "near Tuskegee town," Vonore, is the Tennessee claim, not confirmed in sources opened); 85 vs 86 characters (one character dropped later)
LENS (WW9)LOCKED IN. WROTE IT DOWN. The paper war was answered with the people's own paper
OPENthe 1825 council resolution text; Sequoyah Birthplace Museum (Vonore, run by the Eastern Band) on the birthplace; the first issue of the Cherokee Phoenix (date and masthead) from the archive. Connects: P860, P864.