Chief Sequoyah is a
giant sequoia
''Sequoiadendron giganteum'' (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, California big tree, Wellingtonia or simply big treea nickname also used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus ''Sequoiade ...
located within the
Giant Forest
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of
Sequoia National Park
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in
California
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. It is the 9th largest tree in Giant Forest grove, the
27th largest giant sequoia in the world, and could be considered the 26th largest depending on how badly
Ishi Giant
Ishi Giant is a giant sequoia in California, United States. It is located in Kennedy Grove, which is part of a group of eight closely spaced giant sequoia groves situated in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern central Calif ...
atrophied during the
Rough Fire
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Progression
The fire, caused by a lightning strike on July 31, approximately North of Hume Lake, bu ...
in 2015.
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History
In 1928, Sequoia National Park superintendent Colonel John R. White named the tree to honor Sequoyah
Sequoyah (Cherokee: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, ''Ssiquoya'', or ᏎᏉᏯ, ''Se-quo-ya''; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath of the Cherokee Nation. In 1821, he completed his independent crea ...
, a polymath
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of the Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It ...
who created the Cherokee syllabary
The Cherokee syllabary is a syllabary invented by Sequoyah in the late 1810s and early 1820s to write the Cherokee language. His creation of the syllabary is particularly noteworthy as he was illiterate until the creation of his syllabary. He ...
in 1821.
Description
Chief Sequoyah is located uphill from the much larger President
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tree. The tree features an enormous burl on its southern face and is deeply fire scarred on its western face.
Dimensions
Photo gallery (different angles of the tree)
File:Chief Sequoyah Tree, Sequoia National Park (July 2023).jpg
File:Chief Sequoyah Tree (distance) in Sequoia National Park - July 2023.jpg
See also
*List of largest giant sequoias
The giant sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') is the world's most massive tree, and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. It is neither the tallest extant species of tree (that distinction belongs to the coast redwood), nor is it the ...
*List of individual trees
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References
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Individual giant sequoia trees
Sequoia National Park
Individual trees in California