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Sequoyah is a legendary Cherokee who created the Cherokee language syllabary. The new documentary Searching for Sequoyah - premiering on PBS stations across the US this month, traces his mysterious history.

Hastings College of Law was founded by Serranus Hastings. Hastings was also the mastermind behind systematic Native American massacres during and after the California Gold Rush. Native communities, school administrators, and alumni are at loggerheads about next steps.

Eidson Chair in American Literature has helped launch the website for In-Na-Po, Indigenous Nations Poets.  She is also a board member of the organization.

Searching for Sequoyah is the first documentary feature to chronicle the legendary accomplishments and mysterious death of the famed Cherokee visionary, Sequoyah, whose English name was George Guess.