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In Literacy and Intellectual Life in the Cherokee Nation, Parins (English, emeritus, assoc. dir., Sequoyah National Research Ctr., Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock) gives a detailed historical account of the development of written language and education systems in the Cherokee Nation during the 19th century, both before and after the Southeastern tribe's removal from west of the Mississippi to Indian Territory. This includes early European missionary attempts at conversion of Cherokees to Christianity and the creation and use of the Sequoyan sylla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More