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Indian signals and sign language / by George Fronval and Daniel DuBois.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Reading Room REF E 98 .S5 F7613 1985b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fronval, George.
- Standardized Title:
- Signes mystérieux des peaux-rouges. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Indian sign language--Great Plains--Juvenile literature.
- Indian sign language.
- Kiowa Indians--Juvenile literature.
- Kiowa Indians.
- Indians of North America--Clothing.
- Great Plains.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 80 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bonanza Books, ©1985.
- Summary:
- Photographs and text describe non-verbal signals used by the Indians of the Great Plains, including more than 800 signs, smoke signals, picture writing, and the language of feathers and body paint.
- Contents:
- Sign language
- Counting
- the body and the senses
- Life in the tribe
- The Indian nations
- Time
- Where?
- Feelings and emotions
- Qualities and faults
- The family
- Daily life
- Action signs
- Nature
- Animals
- Objects
- Dress and adornment
- On the trail
- On the warpath
- War
- Trading and palavering
- Picture writing
- A history of war
- Tail and exploit marks
- Signals
- Exploits of Mato Topa the Magnificent
- Body paint, called war paint.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Les signes mystérieux des peaux-rouges.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0517466120
- 9780517466124
- OCLC:
- 27782018
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