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Searching for Sequoyah

Searching for Sequoyah

Searching for Sequoyah spans two countries and three Cherokee nations and details Sequoyah's life and mysterious death. Chronicling his travels from east to west, the program recounts his final journey to Mexico where the aging Cherokee man hoped to reunite the "Mexican Cherokee" with the Cherokee nation after their removal to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.

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Searching for Sequoyah

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The life and mysterious death of the Cherokee linquist and politician Sequoyah. (56m 46s)

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