A biography of Sequoyah, inventor of a writing system for the Cherokee language.

"As a young Cherokee man, Sequoyah had a voice. He liked to talk, but he could not write his words to share with others. He decided to make symbols for every sound in his language. His work allowed the Cherokee people to survive many challenges"--

This engrossing volume documents the lives of the last Cherokee warriors-Ned Christie and Ezekiel Proctor. They struggled to show the whites and preserve the Cherokee heritage.

Growing up, little Wilma was surrounded by her Cherokee heritage. Her parents taught her to be proud of who she was, and all that had come before her. But when the family moved from Oklahoma's Rocky Mountains to the city of San Francisco, it was a big change, and Wilma fully realized how unfairly the world treated Native Americans. As an adult, she became a leader in the fight for Native American rights, and rose to become the first woman ever to...