Talk True (Petro-Person)

Talk True (Petro-Person)Some cultures use a 'talking stick' as a way to organize and maintain order in group discussion settings. This figure holds what could be representing a talking stick. On top of the stick is the symbol for 'to speak.' This 'to speak' occurs not only in the Southwest of the United States, but hundreds of miles away in the mid west plains area of the United States as well.

Two logs stacked perpendicular to each other

In the middle of most of these sand paintings can be found the symbol for fire

but in petroglyph language of the region such a symbol means war

and across the Southwest of the United States

What is not seen but occurs in the original petroglyph panel is that this figure is facing off with a giant bear

In cultures were metallurgy was understood the bone awl was replaced by a metal awl

interesting

They denoted the next direction someone could go to find something useful

and has a hand in the middle

the manner in which we were raised

one of the most iconic versions of which is even used on the flag for the state of New Mexico

Traveling through canyon labyrinths of the American Southwest