Sequoyah's Cabin, Historic log cabin near Akins, Oklahoma, US

Sequoyah's Cabin is a single-story log house with a gabled roof, built in 1829 east of Akins, Oklahoma, where State Highway 101 bends north. Since 1936 a brick shelter built by the Works Progress Administration has covered the cabin, and a bronze statue of Sequoyah stands outside. Inside, the house is furnished as it may have looked when he lived there, with relics and documents from his life.

Sequoyah began work on a writing system for Cherokee in 1809, and the resulting syllabary is still in use. In the 1820s he moved west to teach it to western Cherokee communities, and this cabin was built in 1829, serving as his home until 1844. The Oklahoma Historical Society acquired it in 1936, and the Cherokee Nation bought the cabin and its property in 2016 for $100,000.

Sequoyah's syllabary, completed in 1821, gave the Cherokee a writing system still in use today; the cabin dates from 1829, when he moved west to teach it to Cherokee communities. The museum's furnishings and relics show the household of a man who worked without formal schooling.

Sequoyah's Cabin stands east of Akins on the east side of State Highway 101, where the road jogs north; it is not in Sallisaw. The cabin sits under a brick shelter within a 10-acre park, with a bronze statue of Sequoyah outside. The Cherokee Nation owns the site and runs it as a historic house museum; confirm opening times before travelling.

The 1930s brick shelter over the cabin was built by the Works Progress Administration, the New Deal agency that put unemployed Oklahomans to work on public projects. The Cherokee Nation bought the cabin and its grounds for $100,000 in 2016, after the Oklahoma Historical Society had owned the site since 1936.