Pictographs draw us back to the past From: Alberta Sweetgrass | Date: October 31, 1998| Author: | Copyright Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Oct 31, 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Pictographs draw us back to the past

CANMORE

Pictographs found near Canmore are just one example of a bridge back through time to a people who lived, traded and hunted in the area thousands of years ago.

The drawings on the rocks high above the Canmore townsite are believed to have been painted by members of the Kootenay Indians thousands of years ago. An actual dating of the drawings has not been taken on the pictographs, keeping their age and their meaning somewhat of a mystery.

Each of half a dozen images have been painted onto the rocks using red ochre - a natural dye, extracted from the ...

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