UAG_NWC050.xml Guide to the Plains Indian Sign Language Cards Plains Indian Sign Language Cards Riva Dean Spokane Public Library, Inland Northwest Special Collections 2009

Spokane Public Library, Inland Northwest Special Collections 906 W. Main Ave. Spokane, Washington 99201 Business Number: 509-444-5338 insc@spokanelibrary.org https://www.spokanelibrary.org/inland-northwest-special-collections

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-08-12. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Spokane Public Library, Inland Northwest Special Collections Plains Indian Sign Language Cards NWC.050 0.10 linear feet 1 box undated THis collection includes two Plains Indian Sign Language cards. English .

Plains Indian Sign Language was developed by Native Americans to communicate across tribes long before Europeans came to the United States. It was mainly used by the nomadic tribes of the Great Plains. This sign language does not rely on facial expressions, but on hand gestures only. Missionaries used sign language to communicate their message to the Native Americans they sought to convert.

Two Plains Indian Sign Language cards. One shows the Lord's Prayer in the Indian Sign Language and the other shows "God His Law of Love," which shows the signs for love, mind, strength, spirit and God.

Collection is open for research.

These appear to have been purchased by George W. Fuller for Spokane Public Library.

Riva Dean processed the collection in April 2009.

Indian sign language