Ojibwe Writing Systems - Ojibwe "hieroglyphs"

Ojibwe "hieroglyphs"

Not much is known regarding the Ojibwe "Hieroglyphs". Similar to the Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing, they are found as petroglyphs, on story-hides, and on Midewiwin Teaching Scrolls. In treaty negotiations with the British, the treaty-signing chiefs would often mark an "X" for their signature and then use the Ojibwe "Hieroglyphic" character representing their Doodem. Today, Ojibwe artists commonly incorporate motifs found in the Ojibwe "Hieroglyphs" to instill "Native Pride."

There are said to be several Ojibwe elders who still know the meanings of many of the hieroglyphs, but as their content is considered sacred, very little information about them has been revealed.