[Jennifer Reeser]

I know that some here are professors in Native American studies and literature, and might be interested.

I am thrilled to see the Cherokee Nation has bought Sequoyah's cabin, to preserve it. My sister is married into the Byrd "clan." Former Chief, Joe Byrd, is quoted in this article. This is significant, because my brother-in-law's cousin was the very first bilingual chief whom the Cherokee ever had. As the current Chief of the tribe, Chief Baker says -- the Cherokee have so few historical "jewels" of this kind. I am elated to see the preservation of the language, secured in this way. Sequoyah was a linguistic genius, who did something no one else has done, in all of human history, anywhere:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/17to...5d9595811.html

Jennifer