Fascinating, wide-ranging study by expert on the subject describes and illustrates signs used for specific words - "antelope," "brave," "trade," "yes," - for phrases, sentences and even dialogues. Scores of diagrams show precise movements of body and hands for signing. Of great interest to students of linguistics and Native American culture.

Photographs and text describe non-verbal signals used by the Indians of the Great Plains, including more than 800 signs, smoke signals, picture writing, and the language of feathers and body paint.

A description in words and images of the sign language used by the Sioux, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Arapahoe Indian tribes. Also included are four pages of photographs. Although not written specifically for children, this book was formally adopted for use by the Boy Scouts of America.

Describes the basic vocabulary needed to communicate in the most commonly used form of sign language used among North American Indians.

Publisher description: Plains Indian Sign Talk (PST), a complex system of hand signs, once served as the lingua franca among many Native American tribes of the Great Plains who spoke differing languages. Some researchers thought it had disappeared following the establishment of reservations and the adoption of English, but in this study Brenda Farnell documents that PST is still an integral component of the storytelling tradition in contemporary Assiniboine...