Cherokee Newspaper
Cherokee Phoenix
New Echota, Georgia,
June 18, 1828
Serial & Government
Publications Division (92A.6)
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The Cherokee Phoenix was the first Native American
tribal newspaper to be published in North America. Its editor, Elias
Boudinott, along with tribal leaders of the Cherokee Nation intended
to reach two different audiences: Cherokee nationals and white sympathizers
who supported Cherokee autonomy. The newspaper, partially in English
and Cherokee, uses the eighty-six-character syllabary devised by
Sequoyah in 1821. This June 18, 1828 issue included the first census
of the Cherokee Nation.
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