Watch The Indian Sign Language -1934

Name: The Indian Sign Language -1934
Genre: Special Interest, Special Interest Educational And Instructional
Released: 1930
Duration: 24 min
Cast: Mountain Chief, Chief Bull, Scott Leavitt, Major General Hugh L. Scott

1930
24 min

The Indian Sign Language with Mountain Chief-1930, Chief Bull-1934. This film presents the essentials of the inter-tribal sign language of the American Indians of the Great Plains. A plan to perpetuate the knowledge of a recognized authority on this dying language, suggested by Scott Leavitt, chairman of the Indian Committee of the House of Representatives. From film in the Smithsonian archives.