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By Site Editor | Published 03/9/2006 | Science & Technology , > Web Exclusives , History , Algonquin , Cheyenne , Lakota , Ojibwe

Throughout the ages, mankind has created relationships with the stars. Cultures wove their beliefs and traditions into stories told around campfires or inside their homes. While modern man typically considers this sharing process to have been mostly an oral tradition, perhaps some enterprising ancient North Americans also put their cosmology into a more permanent record. Instead of paper, they used the ground; instead of pens and pencils, they used colored stones.

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» 2000 September/October

By Site Editor | Published 09/1/2000 | 2000 , Algonquin , Hopi , Pueblo , Navajo

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Arresting creations like the coiled, Best of Show piece woven by Joyce Ann Saufkie (Hopi), have generated a buzz of interest from collectors and galleries. Seven-month old Elaina Garcia, daughter of Blue Rain Gallery owner Leroy Garcia, demonstrates her own interest in basket collecting. Photo by Lynn Lockwood.

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