How did pre-Columbian societies tell stories about their lives

Answer 1

Most aboriginal societies, including those being referred to as pre-Colombian relied on a strong oral tradition to share their stories and histories. Some indigenous peoples also used pictographs and glyphs to record events. Other methods for communication, including wampum belts, codices, and khipu. The bead work in wampum belts served as memory cues. Mayan codices were portable records of Mayan writings and khipus were knotted ropes used to record accounts. While these other forms of recording information were important the dominant means of sharing stories was orally.

https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/early-indigenous-peoples-and-written-language-UJ-6AxiE4kmg_ImKwfVLKg/

https://indigenousfoundations.web.arts.ubc.ca/oral_traditions/