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Cherokee Phoenix

American newspaper

Also known as: “Tsalagi Tsulehisanvhi”

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influence on Cherokee culture

In Cherokee: Dealings with the early United States
Native Americans’ first newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, began publication in February 1828.
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publication in Calhoun

In Calhoun
…first Native American newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, was printed there (1828–34), using both English and the syllabary developed by Sequoyah. A segment of Chattahoochee National Forest lies to the west of the city. Inc. 1852. Pop. (2000) 10,667; (2010) 15,650.
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use of Cherokee syllabary

In Cherokee language
The Cherokee Phoenix (Tsalagi Tsulehisanvhi), the Cherokee Nation’s first official newspaper, appeared on February 21, 1828. Printed with English and Cherokee side-by-side, it was the first North American Indian newspaper to be published in an indigenous language, as well as the first North American bilingual newspaper.…
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