>Have any of your ever read "Tell Them They Lie; The Myth of
>Sequoyah" by Traveler Bird? If you have and know anything about the
>circumstances under which it was written... particularly the primary
>source materials for the book, I would really appreciate a message to
>that effect.
I don't know that book, but it might be worthwhile to direct
your query to the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum which is owned and run
by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, Qualla Reservation, Cherokee, N.C.
My source is a New York Times article by Wilma Dykeman, "Honoring
a Cherokee," August 2, l987, pp. xx-21, 27.
Best wishes,
Maureen Korp, PhD
University of Ottawa