Arapaho, Injun Talk, explains sign language among Plains Indians,1946

[@alexanderfridayeagle9146]

This channel is incredible, the algorithm does not favor it alas, but thank fortune I have found it. I could not have imagines that such old footage of so many great nations was sitting around at youtube, this is a historical treasure, it is valuable beyond words, digital relics, I am so close to shedding tears.

[@thomasmurray4717]

I feel very lucky to have found this video. All children should see this in school.

[@bluegrasscannuk]

I am very happy to have found this clip. I remember as a boy in Montreal , coming home from school and regularly watching The Tim McCoy show. I have never forgotten how he would tell viewers all the Indian stories and talk the Sign Talk. Later , while living in Alberta , I became friends with Jim Shot Both Sides , the last hereditary chief of the Bloods on the huge reserve at Standoff. Thanks for posting this very interesting film.

[@MANNYREFRESH]

For the record Wood Ridge, the word Injun is a derogatory term to describe us Native Americans. Your title could’ve gone without it. It’s a shame how ignorance plagues the uneducated. From: a Northern Cheyenne Crazy Dog Warrior Society member.

[@florencechestnut2270]

so awesome this video just put a smile on my face I really did enjoy this thanks. ⚘🌿🌾🍁😊

[@shannonthornton7387]

My great grandfather was Joseph Longfeather, he was Arapaho, and one of the first or the first Native American to get a pilots license.

[@rongarritson7627]

I teach the Plains Indian Sign Language in the Native American Studies Department at Montana State University-Billings. this is one of the films I use as a teaching aid in my class. Col. Tim McCoy was well loved and respected by the Indians of the Northern Plains. He started out working as a cowboy in the early 1990's on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming during which time he became good friends with the Shoshone and Arapaho from whom he began learning the Sign Talk. He later became an Indian Agent for that reservation. He has done much to help preserve the American Indian history and culture and that is why he was so respected by the Indians that he was given the name "High Eagle". In 1978, just before he passed away, he did another film on the Sign Talk called "The Silent Language of the Plains" which was filmed and produced by his son Terry, who is a friend of mine. Tim McCoy was a good and caring man and respected and loved the American Indians and they loved and respected him. If you are interested in more about the Plains Indian Sign Language, visit my facebook page, The Sign Talker. I think you'll enjoy it. I am continually adding archival footage as well and instruction videos.

[@rchagonzalez]

Hello, I am currently looking into Indian Sign Language and it use in Film/TV as a research project. I have been unsuccessful in finding literature on its use in Film/TV. Would you happen to know of any sources I might look up?

[@mayamachine]

I use Maagiadawa hand talk since before i could speak, it's my first language given to me by my grandmother, i meet few who can use it. Contact me of your looking for others.

[@natewildcat4272]

I can't seem to find your Facebook psge

[@rongarritson7627]

@@natewildcat4272 my Facebook page for Indian Sign Language is The Plains Indian Sign Language.

[@natewildcat4272]

@@rongarritson7627 OK cool I was looking up" the sign talkers" thank you so very much

[@ritasavala9523]

"Its good about your antcestors and where you came from!!!"I'm proud to be a Native American.My tribe is Arapaho.:-)

[@derbdep]

I'm in the Philippines, I'm fascinated with Native American cultures. i recently learned of many things in which we share the same mindsets. for context, historically and presently, we are also divided into many tribes/nations/groups in our country. over 170 languages are spoken here alone. here it is normal to venerate our elders and ancestors. we also venerate the spirits of nature (we call them diwata or anito). we also seem to share the custom of pointing with the lips with native american peoples, which really surprised me. i think we share these similarities because our cultures are both very old. What you call a "powwow", we call a "grand cañao" (kanyaw) here. you can see youtube videos of filipino grand cañaos, you will probably be surprised. not only ourselves, but you will find many asian groups who share similar ways of doing things, including the naga peoples of eastern india, and other austronesian peoples in taiwans mountains, and indonesia (our closest relatives). different peoples in different places, but the same basic concepts mean we developed similar cultures. esoecially when compared with the cultures of europe. i hope more native americans can visit asia :)

[@bradleyhulen768]

I am grateful for hand talk as an adult I am able to communicate easily with others American Indians in true traditional language creating a bridge reconnecting those of us taken by the US government, at young ages, and forced into assimilation. Many elders understood, then in the late 1960s the risk of punishment even death if spoken by the children following the US governments Indian child adoption policy hand talk let me experience some of my true culture and language even without other tribe member around to speak out load with making spoken language difficult to learn.

[@skatergrizz4938]

My great great great great grandpa is chief two moon and my grandma has his name now I proud to be arapaho from Cheyenne Wyoming

[@ritasavala9523]

Its good to learn about your antcestors and where you came from..I'm proud to be a Native American.My tribe is Arapaho.Blackhorse

[@MZ-per-XY]

"Take away the language of the nation, and the nation has ceased to be what it was: it will fade away without a trace, it will melt into the sea of the nations that surround it. "

[@mayaflynnster]

maya'smomhere: In the black hat and gold scarf: Colonel Tim McCoy, he wonderfully and respectfully interprets and explains the language of signs, and his eyes show fire when he speaks (so totally for our benefit)! ...thank you, sir and thank you ever so much Sirs, Native Americans who let us (us Washitas?) have a glimpse of their graceful oratory, a specialty encouraged & practiced throughout their lives, to beautifully(?) pass on their histories and stories, it's no wonder they speak with such eloquence, t'is Purposeful Conscious Communication !...& we Could take (yet another) lesson from an honorable & truly caring culture here. They paid +some attention to "Oratory" How To (actually) SPEAK Your Mind ! be (actually) understood, be (actually) making Point, be (actually) poetic. We here in "the future" know lots of words but to string them together without embarrassments is the crux of the matter, eh? What, truly, is the Ideal ? Hmmmm? We loved this ! many many thank yous, anonymousgrandmom

[@vollewestervelt7354]

powerful

[@paulsanchez810]

very interesting

[@Whitman1819]

Just a note for people. My mother in law is a full Kiowa. Her father was born around 1890 and her grandfather was born in 1857. She was raised in a home that spoke Kiowa and not English as a first language. What makes this interesting as far as the video... I noticed that she uses signs and corrects and tells us that for example when we say, "Aho" (Aho=thank you) after we eat a meal she has fed to us that we should make the sign like shown in this video for being full. I have a feeling that sign was incorporated into the language and used as a tool to teach young ones and to practise among each other so they would be ready and 'fluent' in this multi-tribe sign language. I don't think (and I may be wrong...) that she realizes these signs are part of an actual language that was used between tribes as a form of communication. I could be wrong and she may very well know that is the case. EITHER way she feels it is very important and part of the Kiowa language or right way of learning the spoken language. I just wanted to add that bit of info for anyone that takes a true interest in these things and how they get passed along. I would love to see a resurgence of this sign language. It's actually quite effective and much easier to learn than multiple languages... ingenious actually.

[@cipherklosenuf9242]

Thanks for that input. What I find fascinating is that it is an intertribal language even bridging language families. People of totally unrelated languages shared a common sign language. This would help intertribal trade and relations but how would that develop originally? Perhaps a legacy of a pre-Colombian empire, Maybe the Ohio Mound Builders? History mystery. Anyway, to avoid common signs drifting into different dialects among different peoples it would be essential that everyone stick to the original version. It sounds like your mother in law continues that effort to maintain signs as originally received. Really interesting stuff, thanks again. A common Sign language is evidence of a remarkable and successful effort to create and maintain intertribal communication that has endured for generations.

[@thickbrianq]

These aren't Arapaho, they're Blackfeet. Also, quit using the slur 'injun'.

[@Penetzi]

These are Piegan Blackfeet, why did u say Arapaho?

[@adrianafalzetti9407]

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[@dubthedirector]

This is a great film, but there are much better versions on KZbin, stop watching this and find those, this quality is poor.

[@shoshonewarrior828]

In the old days men wore their hair in 3 braids, but now they wear it in 2 which is more convenient

[@georgeclinton3657]

How much you wanna bet the natives are secretly signing "lets get these mfers outta here"

[@brokenchopstickz]

25:55 at this point he was talking about Blackfoot, bloods and peigan tribes

[@HanifeÖztürk-u4p]

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[@NIGHTSTALKER973]

Is there a sign for hello in native American sign ?

[@rongarritson7627]

The sign for hello means "To see you is good" or "It is good to see you." The sign itself is "See, You, Good".

[@aedysluce9471]

Indian you mean. I saw what you did there.

[@gogolouie7768]

Cool how a white dude is teaching native kids about native culture and history.. I understand it was a different time and its a white production film. Just saying its weird looking at it nowadays... Anyways thanks for the video, keep preserving these old footages...

[@billyroach9132]

Born British Columbia aka Kiowa- Apache aka Comanche. Later Idaho Tommahawk Nez Perce own Saskatchewan Arapahos.

[@itkapatanka]

Ha ha, these Arapaho are Blackfoot!

[@patribbing6756]

Interruption/interference with tribal to tribal correspondence is not only punishable by federal law but it's an International Law violation as well. (thought ya'll would've learned that since 2012) There aren't enough countries in the world to subscribe to every tribe in this land. We control our own destiny, you have to find a way to deal/and live with that. does that territory fall within the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase original document? Article 6 & 10 compliance?

[@patribbing6756]

there are no intendres on that bravo

[@rosieclindist373]

Soooooo racist The Title. Put a different Title