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A 3 page consideration of how this notable Native American leader affected US Indian Policy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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policy as it relates to American Indians, many names jump to mind. Men such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Geronimo, for example, had a definite impact on federal
Indian policy. While there actions are certainly understandable, however, they were largely negative in terms of how the influenced policy. Other Native Americans, however, played a decidedly more
positive role either directly indirectly in shaping U.S. Indian policy. Although he was relatively low key in comparison to the names of warriors and chiefs that riddle American history,
Sequoyah is an excellent example of a man who positively impacted Native American policies in the United States. Interestingly, his impact was more indirect than direct yet it had
a phenomenal impact on the way that policies were put into play in our young country. He had this effect because 1. he recognized the most important tool
that whites had at their disposal, 2. he facilitated a similar tool for the Cherokee, and 3. that tool enabled Cherokees from all walks of life to
become informed of and active in emerging policies that affected them. Sequoyah was the son of a British trader (Nathaniel Gist). He even became known by the names George
Gist and George Guess and served in the US Army in the Creek War yet he never learned to speak English (Bigger, 2007). His mother was
from a prominent Cherokee clan and Sequoyah was raised immersed in the ways of the Cherokees. He was exposed to the ways of the whites, however, and quickly recognized
that one of their most important tools was the ability to record the spoken word in a written format. The Cherokee, unfortunately, did not have that same capability.
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