Gmail recently added support for the Native American language Cherokee, complete with a pop-up virtual keyboard containing all of the characters in the Cherokee alphabet (here’s a link to see ...

Sequoyah, whose name in English was George Guess or Gist, was born about 1763 near present day Vonore in Monroe County, Tennessee.

"Sequoyah, a native of East Tennessee, believed the white man's superior culture rested on his ability to use a written language and resolved to prepare an alphabet or syllabary in Cherokee.

(The Cherokee alphabet, which now consists of 84 symbols, each representing a syllable, was codified by Sequoyah in 1821.) The children are encouraged to speak Cherokee at home.

The Cherokee Nation has reclaimed part of its history all thanks to man with a famous ancestor. John Ross has rediscovered the Cherokee symbols for numbers originally developed by Sequoyah in the ...

The tribe is celebrating the purchase November 9 at 2:30 p.m. with a signing ceremony to signify the acquisition of the historic home of Sequoyah, who developed the Cherokee alphabet in the 1820s.

This is Gmail's 57th language, and is accompanied by a virtual keyboard that allows typing in the Cherokee alphabet. Google also offers Web search in Cherokee.

There was at least one purely American alphabet, developed by Native Americans. The great Cherokee Indian, Sequoyah, from about 1809 to 1821 worked out an 86-letter alphabet for the Cherokee ...

Her office is adorned with Cherokee words and pronunciations posted on objects such as the telephone and her desk chair. (The Cherokee alphabet, which consists of 84 symbols, each representing a ...