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On This Day: Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the... (1828)

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On February 21, 1828: Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. This historical event can serve as a powerful sermon illustrati...

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