Name/Title
American Indian Sign Language, 1926Entry/Object ID
L9999.999.768Description
American Indian Sign Language, 1926. "Universal Indian Sign Language of the Plains Indians of North America together with a simplified method of study, a list of words in most general use, a codification of pictographic symbols of the Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) and Ojibway, a dictionary of synonyms; a history of sign language, Chapters on smoke signaling, use of idioms, etc. Officially adopted by the Boys Scouts of America and Sign Language made a First and Second Class Scout requirement
112/Softbound/Charts/Illustrations/Photographs.Lexicon
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Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PamphletNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
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Sign languageSearch Terms
Native American, Sioux, Ojibway, Boy Scouts of America, Oceti SakowinPublication Details
Author
Tomkins, WilliamPlace Published
City
San DiegoState/Province
CaliforniaDate Published
1926Call No.
Ethnology TONotes
Copy No.: 1Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Oceti Sakowin
Native American
Notes
The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.