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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I remember studying about Sequoyah in grade school.    I had a good friend 
through high school, full blooded Cherokee, his dad was state trooper.  
Completely assimilated ....bobford 

 


----- Original Message ----
From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:52:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Algic Languages, was Problem uncovered by foreign 
leader

> There is a community not 70 miles from here in Morganton NC where shop
> signs
> and street signs are in English and Cherokee.  I've been there to visit
> but
> could not get anyone to talk with me.  They would smile politely at my
> attempts
> and then go silent.

Cherokee is one of the few places where a written language rose
independently by a native speaker. I cannot remember but I think it only
happened in three or four places. 

Don Bowen  KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

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