200 years of Cherokee Talking Leaves

200 years ago, in the wilds of the then American frontier,
Sequoyah, the Cherokee Cadmus, introduced his writing system to
the members of his tribe that had moved west to escape the
influence of the white man. Some thought it frivolous, some
thought it sorcery...but Sequoyah was able to demonstrate his
syllabary's usefulness. In just a few years it would be adopted
by the entire tribe with a literacy rate much higher than their
white neighbors. Sequoyah's writing system is a major component
of  Cherokee language preservation today.
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