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differences between Cherokee and Anglo-American cultural values
are contrasted. Chapter Pour parallels their political and
social history with the story of the unique production and
implementation of Sequoyah's invention of an alphabet. To
illustrate the problems of production, a brief description of
some of the language patterns has been gleaned from a tradi-
tional Cherokee grammar written in 1830. Modern studies on
the role of the language in today's assimilation of the
Cherokees are considered in assessing the possibility of a
renewal of the language as a social and educational tool.
The study produces correlations which indicate that although
the influence of literacy was second to the political and social
pressures affecting the Cherokees the written language greatly
changed the personality, ambition, and values of the Cherokees
who became literate in their own language. Printed newspapers
allayed the fears and frustrations that earlier had brought
about bloodshed. Thus, literacy and education in their native
language were important civilizing forces at work among the
Cherokees.
V/ith literacy and education the social values of the
Cherokees began a slow evolution toward assimilation into the
white man's social and economic system, at first without a
loss of the cultural pride of the people. 'However? govern-
mental action stymied and defeated this gradual assimilation
by making demands, based on expediency, that were often a
thinly-veiled attempt on the part of the white man to gain
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Lyde, Judith Ann. The Cherokee Language and Culture: Can Either Survive?, thesis, August 1972; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164011/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .