Hello all...I got this from another list and thought that some of you might be interested too. Donna ---------------------------------------------------- Tonight, 25 July 2005, at 8:00 p.m. on public television on History Detectives are investigating a great mystery in Decatur, Tennessee, which involves a woman of Cherokee descent who inherited a mysterious bible from her father. She is intrigued by what appears to be Cherokee writing in the bible, and wants to learn more about her own family's history. This native language was invented by the Cherokee Indian Sequoia in the early 1800s in a desperate effort to win the respect of the U.S. authorities for his people. While Sequoia succeeded in establishing literacy rates far in excess of the encroaching white settlers, the Cherokee were ultimately forced to march on the infamous "Trial of Tears" to Oklahoma. History Detectives learns more about one of the most tragic events in U. S. history as they head to Oklahoma and Tennessee to tackle the genealogical mystery behind the bible. http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/