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  2. Mi'kmaw hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

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    For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ] , / / and , see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters . Mi'kmaw hieroglyphic writing or Suckerfish script ( Mi'kmawi'sit : Gomgwejui'gasit ) was a writing system for the Mi'kmaw language , later superseded by various Latin scripts which are currently ...

  3. Wooden halibut hook - Wikipedia

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    The yew portion of the hook was traditionally carved with an image intended to express respect for the halibut and spiritual comfort to the fishermen engaged in a very dangerous job. Common images are of the octopus, the raven, the halibut itself and the shaman, a supernatural entity believed to have the power to control the weather. [2]

  4. List of organisms with names derived from Indigenous ...

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    Mazama temama (Central American red brocket) [citation needed] Menhaden (Brevoortia and Ethmidium) forage fish: Algonquian: A blend of poghaden probably from Abenaki or Penobscot, and an Algonquian word akin to Narragansett munnawhatteaûg, derived from munnohquohteau ("he fertilizes"), referring to their use of the fish as fertilizer. [160 ...

  5. Water glyphs - Wikipedia

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    Water glyphs are a recurring type of petroglyph found across the American southwest, but primarily in southern Utah, northern Arizona, and Nevada. The symbols are thought to be of ancient origin (perhaps created by the Ancestral Puebloans) and have been dated using x-ray fluorescence to around 2000 years. Classification as a water glyph ...

  6. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Native American remains were on display in museums up until the 1960s. [129] Though many did not yet view Native American art as a part of the mainstream as of the year 1992, there has since then been a great increase in volume and quality of both Native art and artists, as well as exhibitions and venues, and individual curators.

  7. Nanabozho - Wikipedia

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    Nanabozho is a shapeshifter who is both zoomorphic as well as anthropomorphic, meaning that Nanabozho can take the shape of animals or humans in storytelling. [5] Thus Nanabush takes many different forms in storytelling, often changing depending on the tribe.

  8. Zuni fetishes - Wikipedia

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    The primary non-Native source for academic information on Zuni fetishes is the Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology submitted in 1881 by Frank Hamilton Cushing and posthumously published as Zuni Fetishes in 1966, with several later reprints. Cushing reports that the Zuni divided the world into six regions or directions: north, west ...

  9. Wanapum - Wikipedia

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    In prehistoric times, the tribe's territory was (and still is) an excellent salmon-fishing area.It is unknown which tribes were overthrown by the Wanapum tribe when they claimed their ancestral land, or what happened to the original settlers that migrated from NE Asia centuries before the Wanapum and other tribes finally settled in the area.