Article Origin
Volume
5
Issue
23
Year
1988
Page 3
Dr. Hugh Dempsey and the Glenbow Museum are being sued by Buff Parry, a researcher who claims Dempsey and the Glenbow blocked his investigation of an ancient stone tablet bearing symbols matching Cree syllabics.
The tablet was uncovered a hundred years before the Rev. James Evans, who Dempsey claims invented the syllabics, set down his writing system.
Both Dempsey and Glenbow officials refused comment at press time.
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