How do i find out where to locate early native american signatures,like picture

Question: How do i find out where to locate early native american signatures,like picture signatures!?

i have a pictograph dated 1857!.!.!.!.it is signed with a native american signature!.!.a circle w/a picture in it!.!.!.is there anywhere i can browse to possibly locate signature on picture or researchWww@QuestionHome@Com

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I doubt that there is a collection of signatures!. Native Americans where not considered important enough to bother with such things!. Most signatures were a simple X!. As with most people of the time who did not read or write!.

If you can find copies of the original treaties of the Chippewa/Ojibwa some signatures are pictures representing the clan that sign the treaty

Some plains tribes (like the Lakota) also used pictures but they were used to record events!. Here is a link to the picture graphs of the Lakota!.

Lakota winter count
http://wintercounts!.si!.edu/index!.html
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