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Is this real Plains Indian Sign Language? Is this understandable to modern speakers of PISL? Is this an archaic form of PISL? Is it fake?

Liz The sources the author uses indicate that it is at least slightly archaic. Most of the sources are from the 1800s (with colonial ethnographer's perspe…moreThe sources the author uses indicate that it is at least slightly archaic. Most of the sources are from the 1800s (with colonial ethnographer's perspectives). This book was published in 1969, but the most recent source used is 1918. Sign languages in general are not static and the author's interpretations and his intended uses for the language (scout based activities) would indicate at best a frozen perspective during a time when all sign languages and Native languages were socially unacceptable to speak (and losing living, fluent speakers rapidly due to the school system) and at worst some misinterpretations/misunderstandings put to paper. If you're looking to learn signs, I'd pull from a more contemporary lexicon than this.(less)

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