Our History
The Talking Leaves Chapter, NSDAR, was named in honor of Sequoyah, a Cherokee Indian. He was born about 1760 in eastern Tennessee, from a family respected for its knowledge of tribal traditions and religion. As a silversmith, Sequoyah dealt regularly with European Americans who had settled in the area. He was impressed by their writing, and referred to their correspondence as "talking leaves," hence the name, "Talking Leaves." He completed the syllabary in 1821. His objective was to record the ancient tribal culture in a permanent form. He moved to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
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