21 February 1828
Indigenous press / political agencyBook sources
The Cherokee Phoenix begins publication
New Echota, Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Phoenix began publishing in English and Cherokee using Sequoyah’s syllabary. The Cherokee national press supported communication and political life as the nation faced mounting pressure on its land and sovereignty.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
The first issue’s date is independently cataloged by Western Carolina University. The chapter supplies the national-press context. Written publication did not mark the beginning of Cherokee government, history or intellectual life, and adaptation to printing did not protect the nation from dispossession.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 7, pp. 137; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Western Carolina University, Cherokee Phoenix digital collection, volume 1, number 1, February 21, 1828; issue catalog ↗