Microlecture 1 Part B

 After viewing microlecture 1, part B on There There, I definitely feel very knowledgeable on indigenous ways of communication and methods of documentation. I find it very interesting to see how indigenous literature and storytelling has evolved over the years. Another thing I thought of was how the indigenous people could completely understand what these symbols and works meant, but it would take people a while to interpret their works. For example, the star maps that consisted of a pawnee star chart that was painted on deer hide would be hard to interpret from the eyes of someone that is not familiar with their art and literature. It takes someone who is very familiar and knowledgeable on the art form to depict it. I can compare this to basic literature today because almost anyone that can read at a fluent level can understand a book depending on how difficult it is to read, but older indigenous forms of communication are harder to understand. Another interesting thing that fascinated me from the microlecture was learning about the Buffalo Robes. The Buffalo Robes were interesting to learn about because I found it to be very riveting how they would mark down pictographs on the robe which is a way to narrate a history of tribal events. The Nakota Make Piece was intriguing and it reminded me how reading the storytelling texts are very hard to understand which makes me appreciate the form of art/literature even more. I now see There There as a special piece of literature that is more modern, but it still relates to the ancient works from the Native Americans from many years ago.