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oaskeis. Many priierns liave sopnisneaied meaning,
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and almosi all have a series oi songs or enanis
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assooiaied wiiii “will irioai an, ineluding me ionns oi
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Celiie and aneieni engraving nave a pairmri eoinpiesiiy
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iiiai may have nad impoiiani meanings |o ineir
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peoples, We may call soon people illiieraie only ii we
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ignore ineir pniierns, songs and danees as a valid
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llieraiuie and as an aeeuraie ieeoiding sysieoi,
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i-iaving evolved number and aipnaoeneal symbol»
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we nave abandoned pariern learning and reeoidmg in
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our eduoaoon loelieve iiusiooe a gross enor, because
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simple parierns link so many plienoinena ilnai iiie
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learning oi even one signiiieani paiiern, sueln as ilie
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model elaborated on in ms eirapier, is very like
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learning an underlying pnnciple, wnien is always
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applieaoie lo speeiiie daia anol siniaiions.
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The Maori oi New Zenland use iaiioo and earved
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pairerns io reeoid and ieeill genealogieai and saga
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inioi-rnaiion. polynesims used panei-n maps, wnieii
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lacked seale, canogiapliie deraiis, and mgonnmmr
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measures, oui neveruieiess suioeed io rind zoo-2,000
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island specks in do vasiness of the Pacific! Seen maps
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are linked io sinr seis and oeean eurrenis, and indieaie
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wave ierieienoe parierns, iney are made oi siieks,
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flexed sirips, eowries, anal song eyeles iriauie moi
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rliianiiaiyara people oi Ausiralia sing over sand
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panems iriguie I17), and are aole io 'sll‘g‘ srrangera
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lo a single sione in an appaionily ieaiureiess desen,
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Many oi iiieir designs amiraieiy ruled ine lnouiar
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snapes and eiaooraie mieio—elevaiions oi ine deseri.
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whith aie neverineiess nelniy ernorindeied oy rlianges
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in vegeiaiion, and aie rirniy porirayed in wiiai iio
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Wesiernersi appears as aosirari on some paireio
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mosairs are iiiai oi iire, pollen, or iiio (lowering siages
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oi a single plani. Mhers are oi rain iiaeks and rloud
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siieeis, and yei oinors involve nuniing, saga, or
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eliinanc daia.
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cnildren oi many irioes aie iauglii hundreds oi
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simple enanis, iiie words oi wnioli inde deeper,
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seeondary meilungs aboui medieinai, saered, or
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naviganonal knowledge All iliis oeeomes meaningful
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wlen ineiniiiaie is given the doeodirigsysiein,or lmds
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ii by personal revelailon liniuiiioni A paiiern map
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may love liiiie meaning wnlmlfl iis song keys io
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unloek inai meaning. lniiiauon ran also unlock
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mlwmonk piiiems ior iiiose who love a iiisi eiue as |o
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meaning.
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Danra, *nvoiving museular learning and memory,
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eoupled wiin eiianis, cnn earry neeuraie hingrterm
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messagee, saga deiai ,and piannng knowledge Many
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danees and dams are in iaei evolvod iioin work and
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iravel movernenis, Even more inieiesiing are me
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dance-muoiions oi oiiier aruinal species, winen in iaei
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mierpiei ior people iiie postural meanings oi ilnese
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speeies, aiinougli in a nun-verbil and ullxvenv
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ally-iransniiiiaole way. We may searreiy be aware lliai
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many oi our iomial aioiudes oi prayer and submission
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are oasir inuiiaiions oi pomaie posnires, ior ine mosi
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pan iaken iiorn oliror species Even iiie enair enables
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us ias ii did lire Egyphans) io mainiain iiie prorures oi
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minus a, 21
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sum PATTERN MAPS lrlmlimuwli
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A one moo oi ine voioarmaiamnioi 5m Inmu may immnle
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ueun eiayoaie ii ins iuno ms is turned as a m ms. and m
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iines as wnuurveoeuuon
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orlioons, and oaooons were revered as gods and
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emoalmed by ine Egypiian eiiaii-rnakers We ean
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iernernber nundredsoisongs. posiuies, and eiianis, oui
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liiile oipiose and even less oiiaoulaied dala
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Ann: Cameron iooogiiieis oi Cupytv wisriiin,
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Vancouver Press, wail wnies oi song naviganon in iine
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Noolka lndrans oi Bnnsll Culumblz’ '1neie was a gong
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ior goin (0 Gum, and a song ior goin io Japan, a song
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ior ine lug island and a song ior ine smaller one All
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sire line mvigalor) nad io know was me song and sne
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knew wneiesne was -
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iiie navigaiion songs oi ins women on canoe
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voyages .erord 'th: sooarns and (1ch oi no sea- —ine
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oeean eunenis, lieadlands and pays, siareonsiellaoons,
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and leeieinonies oi eesiaiie ieveiaoon- From oniorma
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io ine Almmns, me sea eunenis were iauiy eonsiani
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in ooiii speed and dllledion, and assisled ine ranoes
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nie sieeiswornen used ilne ivery aeeuraiel iiiyinm oi
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ilne song duraiion lo iirne ooiii iiie rflmm speed and
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ine ooai speed iniougn iiie waiei. Curieni speed would
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be ll presume) iinied oezween neadlands, and boar
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speed againsi a log or iloai in lne waier, The song
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duiaiion was, in iaei, an areuiaie urning mlunism
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as iieanoe lor any oi us ioday
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Song slanzas are nignly aeeuraie liners, aecuraie
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over quik long periods oi lime, and oi eouise "-
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prodiieiole ai any nine The song eonieni was a resoro
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oi riie oosmaoons iioin prior voyages, and no douoi
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was open ro reserve new daia
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People who ran call me deer (Pliuk wise men», iiie
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dulphln iciliieri lslanderil. lire kangaroo iirioai
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Tasmaniansl and oiiiei species iii rome and preseni
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iiieinselves ioi deain nad proiound oeliaVioural,
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inieispeoiiie, ‘pulsel" panemrundersrandmg lusi as
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me Esklmo navigaied, in log. oy lisiening lo the quail
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