Commentary: Essay and Podcast
The Cherokee syllabary, created by Sequoyah in the early nineteenth century, is among the most remarkable inventions in the modern history of literacy. Ellen Cushman shows us what it made possible for a community of Cherokee men in an Oklahoma penitentiary during the 1950s.
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Ellen Cushman discusses her work in this episode of our podacast series, Listening to Hidden Literacies.