Cherokee Phoenix

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Cherokee Phoenix was the first Native American newspaper, published in both Cherokee and English to serve as a voice for the Cherokee Nation in the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
associatedWith Cherokee National Council ⓘ
Cherokee sovereignty movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
editorialStance opposed to forced removal of the Cherokee ⓘ
editorInChief Elias Boudinot ⓘ
endPublicationYear 1834 ⓘ
ethnicGroupServed Cherokee people ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee

Native Americans ⓘ
firstIssueDate 1828-02-21 ⓘ
founder Elias Boudinot ⓘ
frequency weekly ⓘ
hasISSN 0009-4530 ⓘ
hasReestablishedVersion Cherokee Phoenix (modern newspaper) ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee Phoenix
historicalContext early 19th century Cherokee Nation ⓘ
period leading up to the Indian Removal Act ⓘ
inception 1828 ⓘ
language Cherokee ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Georgia ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
namedAfter phoenix (mythological bird) ⓘ
notableFor being the first Native American newspaper ⓘ
bilingual publication in Cherokee and English ⓘ
placeOfPublication Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
New Echota ⓘ
publisher Cherokee Nation ⓘ
purpose to inform Cherokee citizens about political and social issues ⓘ
to serve as a voice for the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
reasonForCessation financial difficulties ⓘ
political pressure ⓘ
scriptUsed Cherokee syllabary ⓘ
sponsor American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions ⓘ
startPublicationYear 1828 ⓘ
successor Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee Phoenix
symbolism rebirth and resilience of the Cherokee Nation ⓘ
topic Cherokee Nation politics ⓘ
U.S. federal Indian policy ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
removal of the Cherokee ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cherokee Nation (historical) → hasNewspaper → Cherokee Phoenix ⓘ
Cherokee syllabary → notablePublication → Cherokee Phoenix ⓘ
Cherokee syllabary → firstNewspaperUsing → Cherokee Phoenix ⓘ
Cherokee Phoenix → successor → Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee Phoenix
Cherokee Phoenix → hasReestablishedVersion → Cherokee Phoenix (modern newspaper) ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee Phoenix
Samuel A. Worcester → associatedWith → Cherokee Phoenix newspaper ⓘ
linked to: Cherokee Phoenix
Elias Boudinot → editorOf → Cherokee Phoenix ⓘ