Fox syllabary

The Fox syllabary, also known as the Great Lakes syllabary, is a writing system used for several Indigenous languages, including Potawatomi, Fox, Sauk, Kickapoo, and some Ojibwa. It is a syllabary, meaning each symbol represents a syllable rather than a single letter. This system was developed as a result of contact with European writing and was influenced by systems like the Cree syllabics.12

The Fox people, who called themselves the "Red-Earth People," are an Algonquian-speaking tribe historically located in Wisconsin. They were known for their communal bison hunts and a social structure centered around a peace chief and a council of elders. In the 18th century, the Fox, along with the Sauk, resisted French colonization, eventually relocating to other areas.3