Sequoyah’s Cabin

The Visitor Center at Sequoyah's Cabin in Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

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Quick Facts

Location:

470288 Highway 101 Sallisaw, Oklahoma 74955

Significance:

Sequoyah wrote the Cherokee syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible. He built this cabin in 1829 and it remains as a monument to Sequoyah's efforts to unite the Cherokee Nation.

Designation:

National Register of Historic Places

MANAGED BY:

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Sequoyah was born in Tennessee about 1778. Though lame in one leg, he was a skilled blacksmith and silversmith as well as an artist. Sequoyah first experimented with a written alphabet for the Cherokee language in 1809, finishing in 1821.

Sequoyah built this one-room log cabin shortly after moving to Oklahoma in 1829. Learn more about his efforts to reunite the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory.

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Location (470288 Highway 101 Sallisaw, OK 74955)
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