Subject: Re: [Homestead] Algic Languages, was Problem uncovered by foreign leader
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:59:03 -0700 (PDT)
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
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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.