| Mi'kmaq Hieroglyphic Writing |
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There is some controversy over to what extent hieroglyphs were used as a true writing system before European contact. Father Chrétien Le Clercq , a Roman Catholic missionary on the Gaspé Peninsula in the mid- 1600s , claimed that he had seen some Mi'kmaq children writing symbols on birchbark as a memory aid. He adapted those symbols to writing prayers, developing new symbols as necessary. This writing system proved popular among Mi'kmaq and was still in use in the 19th Century . EXTERNAL LINKS
REFERENCES ''Mi'kmaq Hieroglyphic Prayers: Readings in North America's First Indigenous Script''. David Schmidt and Murdena Marshall. Nimbus Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1551090694 |