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Cherokee Phoenix

1828 · 19th century

The Cherokee Phoenix was the first newspaper published by a Native American nation in the United States, printed at New Echota, Georgia, from 1828 in English and in Cherokee using Sequoyah's syllabary. Edited first by Elias Boudinot, it carried laws, news and arguments against the removal of the Cherokee from their lands. It ceased publication in 1834 amid Georgia's pressure on the nation, and was later revived as the Cherokee Nation's newspaper.

Cherokee Phoenix
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