essay
The Sequoyah syllabary and cultural revitalization
Perspectives on the Southeast : linguistics, archaeology, and ethnohistory • (27) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 116-125, 143-163
By: Perdue, Theda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief historical account of the invention of the Cherokee writing system or syllabary by Sequoyah in the early nineteenth century and its subsequent affect on the culture and society of the Cherokee. The syllabary itself consists of a designated symbol for each syllable which were then combined to make words. After he adopted the method to be used Sequoyah reportedly completed the eighty-six symbol syllabary (later reduced to eighty-five )in about one month (p. 117).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
- Innovation
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Writing
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cherokee
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1770-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- North Carolina and Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Theda Perdue
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-163)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93015728
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians