----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Johnny - I thought this contribution might be of interest to maps-l folk who are not in receipt of gis-l traffic: From: Charles Hendricksen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: GIS and indigenous people I wonder if anyone has done something with the Australian Aboriginal songlines. The songlines are sacred chants which could be characterized irreverently as oral wayfinding maps. The songlines form a web over the land, convering at nodes which are especially sacred. For a description of songlines (and current social conditions among aboriginals) in the popular literature see "Songlines" by Bruce Chatwin. Charlie Hendricksen [log in to unmask] % NIFTP MCCCMS 4/03/93 %Charles Hendricksen Multiple recipients 4/03/93*GIS and indigenous people