Cherokee Phoenix

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The creation of the syllabary had a huge impact on the Cherokee, as a people. Very soon they had their own newspaper, the Cherokee Phoenix, written in part in the Cherokee language.  Who founded this paper?   Where was it published?  How was it published?  What was in the paper & what does that say about the Cherokee at the time of the Removal?  Whatever became of the original printing press -- is it in a museum somewhere?  Are they still publishing the Phoenix?  We need an expert on this... 
Bibliography


New Echota, GA site of the Cherokee Phoenix office


Bibliography:
The Cherokee
The Cherokee People
The Cherokee Nation
Cherokees:  An Illustrated History
Handbook of North American Indians  vol. 4

http://ngeorgia.com/history/phoenix.html