Indian Sign Language

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Games, Puzzles, Kids, Creative Kids, Games and Activities, History, Americas, Native American
Cover of the book Indian Sign Language by William Tomkins, Dover Publications
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William Tomkins ISBN: 9780486130941
Publisher: Dover Publications Publication: April 20, 2012
Imprint: Dover Publications Language: English
Author: William Tomkins
ISBN: 9780486130941
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication: April 20, 2012
Imprint: Dover Publications
Language: English

Plains Indians from different tribes speaking different languages were nevertheless able to communicate facts and feelings of considerable complexity when they met. They used a language composed of gestures made almost entirely with the hands and fingers, probably the most highly developed gesture language to be found in any part of the world.
With this book, you will find it simple to use this language, which the author learned in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, principally from Sioux Indians in Wyoming. Drawings and short descriptions make clear the proper positions and motions of the hands to convey the meaning of over 870 alphabetically arranged common words — hungry, camp, evening, angry, fire, laugh, owl, cat, many times, brave, cold, heart, rain, spotted, together, river, etc. The words are then used in sample sentences. There are also brief sections on the pictography and ideography of the Sioux and Ojibway tribes, and on smoke signals.
This is a book for anyone who wants to learn or teach Indian sign language — scouts, school teachers, camp counselors, scout leaders, parents, linguists, and students of Indian culture. To help counselors and teachers, the last chapters give instructions on how to conduct the Indian ceremony for opening a council fire, an Indian initiation ceremony, and suggestions for sign language tests and exercises.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Plains Indians from different tribes speaking different languages were nevertheless able to communicate facts and feelings of considerable complexity when they met. They used a language composed of gestures made almost entirely with the hands and fingers, probably the most highly developed gesture language to be found in any part of the world.
With this book, you will find it simple to use this language, which the author learned in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, principally from Sioux Indians in Wyoming. Drawings and short descriptions make clear the proper positions and motions of the hands to convey the meaning of over 870 alphabetically arranged common words — hungry, camp, evening, angry, fire, laugh, owl, cat, many times, brave, cold, heart, rain, spotted, together, river, etc. The words are then used in sample sentences. There are also brief sections on the pictography and ideography of the Sioux and Ojibway tribes, and on smoke signals.
This is a book for anyone who wants to learn or teach Indian sign language — scouts, school teachers, camp counselors, scout leaders, parents, linguists, and students of Indian culture. To help counselors and teachers, the last chapters give instructions on how to conduct the Indian ceremony for opening a council fire, an Indian initiation ceremony, and suggestions for sign language tests and exercises.

More books from Dover Publications

Cover of the book Jabberwocky and Other Poems by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Stone Painting for Kids by William Tomkins
Cover of the book The Cherry Orchard by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Invitation to Dynamical Systems by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Selected Short Stories (Dual-Language) by William Tomkins
Cover of the book The Drawing Handbook by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Handbook of Ornament by William Tomkins
Cover of the book The Duel and Other Stories by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Knight Life by William Tomkins
Cover of the book The Elements of Grammar in 90 Minutes by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Say It in Italian by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by William Tomkins
Cover of the book The Secret Garden by William Tomkins
Cover of the book Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Nucleogenesis by William Tomkins
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy