From 1828 to 1834, American missionaries assisted the Cherokee in using Sequoyah's syllabary to develop type characters and print the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper of the Cherokee Nation, with text in both Cherokee and English.
Dende 1828 a 1834, os misioneiros americanos axudaron ós cherokees a empregar o silabario de Sequoyah para desenvolver e imprimir Cherokee Phoenix, o primeiro xornal da Nación cherokee, con texto en cherokee e inglés.