What we found is that 'tawodi' is a Cherokee word which means 'hawk'. It's derived from the word atawodi, meaning “it is combed.”
Most of us have been witness to Crows harassing and attacking the Hawk. Have you ever wondered why? Check out the story told by Bessie Bird (probably an attempt by early Cherokee to explain it) at Cherokeecommunityie.org.
Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) is a Southern Iroquoian language spoken by around 22,500 people in North Carolina (Tetsas / ᏖᏣᏍ), Oklahoma (Asgaya gigageyi / ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎩᎦᎨᏱ) and Arkansas (ᎨᎢᏱ)
The Cherokee syllabary was invented by George Guess/Gist, a.k.a. Chief Sequoyah, of the Cherokee, and was developed between 1809 and 1824.
Today the syllabary is still used; efforts are being made to revive both the Cherokee language and the Cherokee syllabary, and Cherokee courses are offered at a number of schools, colleges and universities.
Here's a collection of useful phrases in Cherokee shared by Omniglot.com.