Sequoia Hymn

Sequoians, may we ever stand
As stands our patron tree,
With heads uplifted to the sky,
In earth well rooted we;
With strength to battle every foe,
With love to shelter flowers,
Sequoians, may we ever live
As lives this tree of ours.

The Sequoia High School motto is: Unaliyi (Ooh – nah – lee – yee)

A Cherokee word meaning “place of friends”

Sources: The Cherokee Manual, Sequoia Union High School, Second Edition, 1930 (A handbook for Sequoians published by the Associated Students of Sequoia Union High School)

Cherokee Syllabary – single sheet published by the Cherokee Nation Cultural
Center with syllabary, sounds represented by vowels and consonant sounds