The Heartland Series · SEASON 1
An American Genius
Episode 10
- Documentary
Episode overview
S01E10 — “An American Genius” Runtime: 3:18 Summary: Bill Landry tells the story of Sequoyah, the Cherokee scholar who created a written system for the Cherokee language. Through reenactments, the segment shows Sequoyah developing his syllabary despite skepticism from others and demonstrates how his invention allowed the Cherokee to rapidly become literate, preserving and communicating their language in written form.
3 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. Prologue1984-01-01
2. Ancestral Mountains
3. The Coves
4. Refuge
5. Megafauna
6. Early Man
7. Cherokee Dawn
8. Cherokee Zenith
9. The Flower Hunter
10. An American Genius
11. Crown Jewels
12. Lucinda
13. Comeback
14. School Days
15. Alien
16. Fishin'
17. Prophet of the Long Road
18. Homecoming
19. Pi Beta Phi School
20. Black Bears
21. Peace of Work
22. First Park Botanist
23. Walk in the Woods
24. A.D.'s Bear Stories
25. Heartland Christmas Special
