In 1828 the Cherokee syllabary was used in the press as "the Cherokee Tribal Council established its own publication, Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate, a weekly newspaper"(Dockstader 259). ... It shows that Sequoyah would rather force another culture to learn his language in order to teach him, as opposed to being acculturated and losing the heritage that once was. ...

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