Beautiful glyph. I love it. Thanks for the link!
You (or anyone else here) might enjoy Omniglot, an old web 1.0 site that was amazing for its comprehensive treatment of all writing scripts:
Sure, the Smithsonian has a nice article with a flowing narrative. But we want facts. Let's look up this Sequoyah chap:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah
> In 1821, Sequoyah completed his Cherokee syllabary, enabling reading and writing in the Cherokee language.
The link is right there, you can move right on to learning about what he created.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_syllabary
- His original script: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Original_Cherokee_Syllaba...
- More readable table: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cherokee_Syllabary.svg
- Sample text: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_language#Samples
Maybe the symbols themselves aren't new.