Sequoyah

Hand-colored lithograph depicting Cherokee leader Sequoyah, who lived in Western Arkansas from 1824 to 1828, holding a copy of the Cherokee syllabary he developed; by F.W. Greenough, circa 1836.

Native American man in a turban with a pipe holding a tablet with letters on it

Courtesy of the Library of Congress

Media

Time Period

Louisiana Purchase through Early Statehood (1803 - 1860)

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

Native American

Gender

Male

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