Native American Sign Systems Sign Languages Natural Languages Linguistics

Sites related to the sign systems for intertribal communication used by Native North Americans who spoke mutually unintelligible languages.

• American Indian Signs - Descriptions of signs organized by subject.
  
• Indian Sign Language Online Dictionary - Browesable list of descriptions by alphabetical English equivalent, or grouped by topic. Articles translated texts, some Boy Scout-related subjects.
  
• Cree Hand Signals - From Canada's Digital Collections. Hard to discern movements in dim photo still animations. Most entries identical to modern ASL.
  
• Signing in the Boy Scouts of America - Discussion thread from the Mountain Main list.
  
• Indian Signers Conference - Photos, drawings, and article from 1930 conference held in Browning, Montana. Long load; well worth the wait.
  
  

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