Alaska: Cugtun Alngautat: The History And Development Of A Picture Text Among The Nuniwarmiut ...

Alaska: Cugtun Alngautat: The History And Development Of A Picture Text Among The Nuniwarmiut Eskimo, Nunivak Island, Alaska Dennis G. Griffin, 2010   Native Americans have long relied on the oral transmission of their ideas rather than developing an alphabet and a reliance on written records. While the use of pictures to communicate basic concepts is found throughout Alaska during the historic contact period, the development of an alphabet or pictorial text among Natives in Alaska is...

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