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Dan HorseChief was among the hundreds who gathered recently to mark the NSU Centennial Celebration at the Seminary Hall clocktower. HorseChief, an NSU alumnus, has the distinction of designing and crafting the bronze statue of Sequoyah that is the focal point of the new Centennial Plaza.

Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, was the noted 19th century Cherokee diplomat and educator who created the Cherokee syllabary. The statue stands as a symbol of NSU’s long relationship with the Cherokee Nation, which dates to the creation of the Cherokee National Female Seminary in 1846.