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document | Mapping Indigenous Thought in the Time Before European History

Image writing example

An examination of the image writing system used by the First Nations of North America prior to European contact. This method of visually writing using images is integral to a system used for mapping traditional territory.

A paper examining the interaction between an Indigenous system of mapping territory, and a traditional system for writing with images.

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