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[Phil Cash Cash]

*Native History: Inaugural Edition of ‘Cherokee Phoenix’ Published*

Alysa Landry
2/21/14

This Date in Native History: On February 21, 1828, the Cherokee Nation
published the inaugural edition of its bilingual newspaper, theCherokee
Phoenix, which helped preserve the culture, history and language of what is
now one of the largest tribes.

The
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Phoenix
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was the first bilingual newspaper printed in North America, said Kenneth
Tankersley, an anthropology professor at the University of Cincinnati. It
also was the first paper published by American Indians and the first
printed in a Native language.


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