Inscribing Sovereignties: Writing Community in Native North America Cherokee has grown up disconnected from

has grown up disconnected from their history

"Noozhishenh

recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize

"my grandfather's country")

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Inscribing Sovereignties: Writing Community in Native North America Cherokee has grown up disconnected fromBefore European settlers arrived in North America, more than 300 distinct languages were being spoken among the continent's Indigenous peoples. But the Euro American emphasis on alphabetic literacy has historically hidden the power and influence of Indigenous verbal and nonverbal language diversity on encounters between Indigenous North Americans and settlers. In this pathbreaking work, Phillip H. Round reveals how Native North Americans sparked a