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
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Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Pamphlet
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Sign language
Search Terms
Native American, Sioux, Ojibway, Boy Scouts of America, Oceti Sakowin
Publication Details
Author
William Tomkins
Place Published
City
San Diego
State/Province
California
Date Published
1926
Call No.
Ethnology TO
Notes
Copy No.: 1
Ethnography
Culture/Tribe
Oceti Sakowin
Native American
Notes
The word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.