"Indian Sign Language"

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4 жыл бұрын

Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, teaches about sign language and how it was a mean of communication that many different tribes used.

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@alejandrogonzalezzurita8075 4 жыл бұрын

I would be hanging around with Wally for years, carefully listening to his teachings. What a venerable man.

@curiousme113 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@user-pd8mi7ng7s 3 жыл бұрын

As child I found a book that taught Indian sign. I learned every single sign in the book but had no one to use it with. Watching this has recalled much of it to mind. If you need someone to say how many sunrises it takes to walk to find the village, I'm your man

@kennyrogers3919 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻😂😂😂😂😂

@alltheframes9015 2 жыл бұрын

Which book was it?

@user-pd8mi7ng7s 2 жыл бұрын

@@alltheframes9015 It has been a long time since I was a child, and I couldn't hope to even give a guess at a possible title to the book. As a kid I cared less about the title and more about the contents of books.

@alltheframes9015 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-pd8mi7ng7s I appreciate your answer. I have been trying to look for ways to learn the language, I have been having a hard time looking for resources. I am sure I'll end up finding something

@tharealEazyE95 4 ай бұрын

please teach ya boy

@trevorclausen2994 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was touching to see these Ancestors of Indigneous Native Americans. That was powerfull thank you. Many Blessings from A NEW ZEALAND MAORI NATIVE.💝

@notyou6950 3 жыл бұрын

I've been blessed to have met and work with a Navajo man. He taught me a few phrases. He retired and moved back west.

@k8eekatt 2 жыл бұрын

These memories of grandparents are so dear thank you for sharing them.

@staciwashington3212 3 жыл бұрын

When I began my formal employment as a teacher--teaching the Deaf and multiply disabled at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind in Ogden, Utah (my practice teaching during graduate school having been in their preschool in Salt Lake City), one summer, for fun, I taught a set of lessons, or what is called a "unit" on the Utah Mormon Pioneers. As part of that unit, we learned Native American Sign Language, went to some of the old forts, met a real "Mountain Man" trapper, made Navaho Tacos, sand paintings, did various art projects like coloring and identifimg various animal footprints or tracks. They were junior and senior high school students. They really learned a lot and enjoyed it. Thank you🌷

@queenbeedat8726 3 жыл бұрын

God spoke to me through you. Thank you.

@ivdddoxiemama7275 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wally for teaching us!!🙏🙏💖😊

@itzocelotlbocanegra5986 2 жыл бұрын

I speak English and Spanish, and I'm learning nahuatl. When the Spanish came to Texas. My ancestors were punished in school for speaking the coahuiltecan language. And when the Americans came to Texas. My ancestors were once again punished for speaking Spanish in school and forced to speak English. I would love to learn the coahuiltecan language though as my 4th toungue.

@salmahmohamed6048 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing about Indian sign language. It is interesting for me because in South East Asia coincidentally, we also (traditionally) use our thumbs to point to ourselves or another person as it is deemed more polite to use the thumb. The more languages we can speak and understand, the better. But with the language also comes the culture and we must be careful what aspects of that other culture we let seep into our own. This is especially true for young people whose own self-identity and culture is not yet strong in them. God made peoples into different nations and tribes all over the world. It is so that we can get to know each other and appreciate each other, but not so that we can become like the other. It is best to appreciate and value and encourage our own culture and language in our children so they can carry on the culture. But at the same time, it is very good to also understand and be able to speak other languages and see and understand other cultures.

@linnymaemullins3319 3 жыл бұрын

👍🤗

@joelewis5187 3 жыл бұрын

Well that explains a lot, growing up we used and still use many of the same signs when communicating. Thanx for the reminders, I have been away for so long I had forgotten about some of the teachings of our forefathers. Much respect my elder. Keep doing this fine work to help us all as a people.

@mirellajaber7704 3 жыл бұрын

Your grandparents were right to encourage you to learn English, so that today you can communicate your knowledge to us and bridge the cultures - please have my lots of gratitude to you, your grandparents and all the ancestors!

@wasicugenocider 9 ай бұрын

What a wasicu thing to say. You should think about it for some time. Most people don't believe in sins of the father. There are some though who do.

@user-ng3bg7qw2d 3 жыл бұрын

Honored to learn this Grandfather and I thank your for sharing your knowledge with the world. Blessings.

@thegreenman7 3 жыл бұрын

I've recently discovered your videos, and I am loving them! I've always had a deep respect for the native people's, and I find myself drawn to the Navajo/Diné. I appreciate these videos, please keep them coming!!! You are a beautiful people, with a beautiful culture and language! I'm entertaining learning some Diné myself as it's such an interesting language! Keep up the good work! Much Love from Utah!!!

@kathryncarter6143 3 жыл бұрын

Very good. Thankyou

@Vrin137 2 жыл бұрын

That was very interesting. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@yomanny13 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom, Wally! You know, Salvadoran people, like my family, also practice pointing with the lips. There is also a distinction about placing your hand in different orientations when you signal the height of people vs animals. I love learning about your traditions and hope you continue making many more videos! Sending respect and admiration from Los Angeles (Tongva/Tataviam territory)!

@whateverhappens6979 4 жыл бұрын

Thats one thing grandmother always told me," Learn another language!"

@SaberToothGary 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mr. Wally! =)

@JimOverbeckgenius 3 жыл бұрын

Love the material patterns & colours.

@Elegance33Refine 2 жыл бұрын

♥️♥️🦋🦋🌸 What saved me is the rosary 📿 and Native American 🇺🇸 Indian music 🎶! My soul almost came out!! About 3 years ago and I wanted to put it back inside I cannot even explain! It and I’m close to God yes will I ever stop going to church ⛪️ no! Will I pray the rosary 📿 till I die yes! 💕♥️🦋🌸🌸

@sherylcomptonpeters8737 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, it is a great honor to hear you speak.

@captainfanta8641 4 жыл бұрын

Not just the Di'ne used the lip to point. Other tribes do as well.

@victorwaddell6530 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a new subscriber . Thank you for your words of wisdom . Many years ago I was stationed in Japan as a US Navy Military Policeman . I had to learn how to conduct myself in a foreign country , and made some mistakes in the process . One day I and another MP were driving outside the base and I made the mistake of pointing at a young Japanese lady . She saw my jesture , reacted in shock , and stepped into a storefront .

@wulfseig1864 3 жыл бұрын

I've always been interested in sign language. I want to learn sign language and my Indigenous language. I know the alphabet in American Sign Language and a couple of words. I think my energy communicates with animals. I'm visited by many different animals. They gather around me whenever I'm out anywhere. I wish I could post pictures here because I would show you the amazing gift they always grace me with. Especially dogs and for some reason birds of prey. Maiden names translates to Wolf Siege. I've always been able to tell what the animals are saying. So, I believe there are certain people blessed with being animal communicators. After all they have a voice as well. Are there any teachings about animal communicators or is it just strong empathy and a certain energy? Thank you for your teachings.

@davidcarpenter9232 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir... sign language ... One form of First Nation sign language was done on the shin either to the left or right ... I believe that the Ancients could speak to each other through sign language and that ogham script ... First post flood language that the Irish have is just sign language representing consonants written out longhand on stones ... all the Ancients knew a form of ... Love your work ... Thanks ... David ...

@delphinidin 3 жыл бұрын

One of my art teachers in high school had taught at a reservation school, and he talked about some of the cultural things he had to adjust to there. He said that pointing could be rude: it meant that you were taking the position of a teacher over the person you were talking with, so he could point while teaching the students, but not while talking to the parents. He said that if a parent came into the school and, for instance, asked the way to the office, he would have to direct them by pointing with his lips.

@mysterym444 3 жыл бұрын

Awww I’m so happy, finally another person gets it. They understand everything, poor little sheep 🐑 😢

@matthewdaniels7462 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing and the pointing with lips is also done by old school philipene

@JonDoeNeace 3 ай бұрын

That's true. I've made friends from the Philippines that I didn't have to talk with to feel like we knew and understood each other because we understood each other through body language and facial expressions. I actually really liked that connection as opposed to connection through verbal communication. It reminded me of some previous people who had been my co workers and friends who were Navajo, and we'd interact like that also . In a group setting at work or at parties I wasn't too chatty neither were they. Though when we stepped out for sacred smoke we'd have real conversations under our breath because we weren't necessarily being listened to. So I do see a parallel between my experience working with Navajo and Filipinas in that we originally connected based on body language and expressions rather than speech. It's hard for me to connect with people in a large group setting because there's so much distortion with the use of speech. Which is why in those settings, I connect with the people with who we can read each other without excessive speech. In short, people who can talk to me without speaking to me are the most beautiful people that I like to be around..

@JonDoeNeace 3 ай бұрын

I am also a person of very few words. I write English way better than I speak it.

@JonDoeNeace 3 ай бұрын

The presence of a human being who naturally just talks to me all of the time without having to verbally speak to me is the most comforting thing in the world.

@snow1122 2 ай бұрын

And also Puerto Ricans like myself ♥️♥️

@timothymeehan5680 Жыл бұрын

I love listening to this guy, thank you for teaching me about the dine,and life lessons as well

@JonDoeNeace 3 ай бұрын

American Sign Language is based on Plains Indian Sign Language, I was taught it as a young person long before I ever went to school. Can't say I remember much, but the concept of talking through body language rather than verbal speech still defines how well I do or don't relate to people in my environment.

@michaelmason6531 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to sit with this man.. very intriguing

@conniewebster1498 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for sharing communication was probably easier then . i remember seeing people make smoke signals when they saw enemies .

@Cybernaut551 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate how sign language connects people.

@julieschneider7445 3 ай бұрын

One time I saw a fish in the ocean as I stood I thought ‘ I could reach down and grab that for a meal ‘ and as soon as the thought traveled to the fish it swam away. So we should also shield the pictures of the slaughter from the animal in our minds as they do see the images

@judemorales4U Жыл бұрын

Loved this one! ❤️ I live in Egypt and the lip pointing is done here and all throughout the Middle East.

@oldarpanet 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I am trying to learn more about Indian Sign language (or Hand Talk, as it's sometimes called). These very basic things: pointing, is quite nuanced. Certainly more so than I've seen elsewhere, and it is wonderful to learn!

@maryamarevna 4 жыл бұрын

Its Just pretty interesting about Indian sign language. The best thing that this is for everyone inspite all. Waiting for more video about this. Thank you very much!

@aaronblueraven310 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother.

@ragheadand420roll 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@triffh5956 2 жыл бұрын

Love to learn some more sign. Liket what you've shown.

@queenbeedat8726 3 жыл бұрын

600 Native Indian tribes? I never thought there were that many... What a travesty. We owe a lot to these people. I'm sorry for the injustices done to you all. I pray that you languages and traditions carry on for a long time.

@AdalineIncredulous 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are precious. Thank you so much.

@yardleybottles6025 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sir.

@John_Malka-tits 3 жыл бұрын

I had a polynesian roomate who talked about pointing with her lips. But she made more of a pursed lip. She said it was just a Filipino thing. Ha

@julieschneider7445 3 ай бұрын

I have taught this to my little girl about not talking about the slaughter in front of the animal - they know - they speak in silence

@baswordfish Ай бұрын

looks like a Pendleton pattern on the back "chief Joseph" pattern :)

@tylercrouch3620 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the Lesson

@gregkral4467 3 жыл бұрын

I worked with a Jamaican fellow, he said his dad and he and others will point with their lips so that a person doesn't know you are talking about them, so no pointing with hands, but still an indication of who, especially if they seem untrustworthy or suspicious.

@benthompson8502 4 жыл бұрын

Nizhoni mr. Brown.. thankyou!

@peelingoffthelayers Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@fireinthesky6 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@giovannicollazo-cruz2193 5 ай бұрын

Pointing with the lips is something we do on Guam. Filipinos are notorious for doing so

@NWNativeTracker 3 ай бұрын

Pointing with the lip has an ancient meaning, Ooh.

@collinvickers2345 3 жыл бұрын

I have seen some Filipino people point with their lips in a similar way. :)

@rafaelbrgnr Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Here, in Brazil, we do this pointing with the lips too. And foreigners usually think it's weird of us. Even americans

@marcel24ameno 3 жыл бұрын

Sign language any nation would understand 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🏵️🌻🌼🧡💛🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

@shannonmisquadis 11 ай бұрын

Anishinaabe peoples of Canada ( the Ojibwe) point with their lips as well. Miigwech Mishomis for sharing your knowledge.

@jtopau6839 7 ай бұрын

Kiowas too!

@JonDoeNeace 3 ай бұрын

Wouldn't know.

@unclearvin3718 2 жыл бұрын

Cheyenne and Crow people also point with their lips.

@naashawginosh4570 3 жыл бұрын

We point lips in the bush in northern Ontario, lol

@robertsias7107 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@mikemoffitt8645 2 жыл бұрын

A'Ho Thank You Grandfather

@ehrgeiz0 3 жыл бұрын

The Navajo aren't the only ones to point with their lips. According to another KZfaq blogger, the Filipina Pea, Filipinos also do it (by puckering up and then gesturing with their chins) when referring you to a person as they think it rude to point with your finger.

@georgegarley1540 2 жыл бұрын

Cree elders in northern Canada point with the lips

@theresasanders8251 3 жыл бұрын

Our Wha Zha Zhi (Osage) point w/ their lips, too.

@denaredford6701 2 жыл бұрын

Nice hand motions .

@durwinpocha2488 3 жыл бұрын

The thumb points to the sacred and a descendent of the holy people.

@spencerheath5085 3 жыл бұрын

If I haft to then I thank them and they understand

@mcawesomest1 3 жыл бұрын

I love Wally.... his voice and presence is so incredibly calming... it’s like he oozes leadership and the heart of a teacher.... I feel like I’m listening to my grandpa speak..

@chloeew4627 2 жыл бұрын

I see a lot of sign language in Detroit

@janinegarverick5894 2 жыл бұрын

also Wind Talkers , animal sounds

@5kingguke974 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have classes to teach the values of the history in person??

@kambrose3339 3 жыл бұрын

Your Grand parent's were right as it Turns out but believe me life for Natives all over will get better ✌

@christinaweaver8700 2 жыл бұрын

What about pointing with 3 fingers? Index, middle, ring finger?

@richardcarew4708 3 жыл бұрын

I was just wondering about lip points 👉.. it's a very good idea.. especially when we are working 💪..

@richardcarew4708 3 жыл бұрын

trilingual.. bilingual.. gringo.. lo siento, Maestro.. tu estas un scholar y professor tam bien .. no worries mate... see that.. I speak Aussie.. a little bit.. un poco

@richardcarew4708 3 жыл бұрын

I am also learning Tibetan.. they sound the same to me at the moment.. and I am hearing the language well at this point in time... I speak several European languages and read most.. learning Mandarin, Tibetan and.. this... and I don't remember the spelling of the words you used.. Dińe... I think it's important

@d-rokcruise6671 3 жыл бұрын

Research 500 Nations, great documentary

@wannabet2647 3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@mariofeathers4194 7 ай бұрын

Osiyo Namaste -Two-Feathers

@frog8acow 2 жыл бұрын

Many Filipinos also point with their lips

@pdxeddie1111 3 жыл бұрын

when my great grandparents came to the US they quit speaking to the children in German to encourage them to speak English, so in turn my grandmother forgot most of the German she knew when she was a child I guess that's just how things went back in those days I mean it's good to know English it's such a world wide language but I don't think it's a good idea to sacrifice a native language just to appease the status quo after all children are very capable of learning more than one language especially when they are young.

@wasicugenocider 9 ай бұрын

Curses all to the devil fork tongue. Lies spoken in each breath. Easiest language for another human being to lie to another human being. Most shameful display in the eyes of honest people. Wasicu fork tongue. Waun Khiza Wasicu! abuhigala!!! ahoka hey!!!!

@gregorycalzada5264 4 жыл бұрын

THANKS WALLY 😈

@citrusblast4372 3 жыл бұрын

My mom does the lip thing too and shes honduran

@hephzibah4675 7 ай бұрын

So is Indian Sign Language universal for all current Native Americans?

@rachelstrahan2486 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@blackthorn3335 11 ай бұрын

Jamaicans point with their lips as well.

@drenger1393 2 жыл бұрын

The Filipino people also point with their lips.

@cv507 3 жыл бұрын

strange read that the body spot was the ´´tummy´´..? maybe some shaman ? are they hiding ? german and math... or gothic ?

@kambrose3339 3 жыл бұрын

Yes but following the pointing with the lips is more prevalent today. ✌ Three houses over there.

@iqorasdreamweaver6430 2 жыл бұрын

i have some topics i’d like to speak about. however, many of these thing seem to corrupt human minds. which is sad. because when i learned these topics the only thing i wanted to do was expose why they were being kept secret from the world. i don’t really know what’s right or wrong regarding these. what might be considered, sacred topics. to me it’s just life. this stuff does have potential to cause a lot more pain and suffering. but i just get confused, because why wouldn’t humans want these things ? i have learned a lot of cultures throughout the world, and the topics are already spoken about to everyone. it’s just. that’s where it ends. no one follows through. goofy stuff. a lot of painful conversations must be had if we are truly to grow. but isn’t it kindness to help someone escape suffering ? even if it causes them more suffering inevitably ? they’re human beings. who wouldn’t be hurt by the lies so many of us take for truth. i don’t think i can ever leave a fallen life form to rot in the hands of the enemy.

@iqorasdreamweaver6430 2 жыл бұрын

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@Slinkylabcat 4 жыл бұрын

Indian Sign Language is the result of Europeans (Spaniards) and Indigenous Americans communicating. No such sign language will exist without a great chasm. William Tomkins, his work, Indian Sign Language. Best book you never read.

@georgegarley1540 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the sign language wasn't pre contact

@Slinkylabcat 2 жыл бұрын

@@georgegarley1540 Not likely, George. There's always some crossover with regard to language and geography. Many Indians/Native Americans were bi-lingual at least, pre-contact.

@Blackgoldart1 4 жыл бұрын

Ahehee'! 😊

@mattlawyer3245 Жыл бұрын

The Colombians also use their lips to point.

@moniquebosman3178 3 жыл бұрын

@fire58372001 3 жыл бұрын

Filipinos point with their lips too.

@Love2TravelAway 4 жыл бұрын

Mexicans have almost the same signs special the eat sign

@janinegarverick5894 2 жыл бұрын

The Holy Spirit

@michelleperez2618 Жыл бұрын

Ohay ohay aho

@itsme4693 Жыл бұрын

If I was an Indiginous person, I teach/tell only the language to the Indigenous children, or their people.. 🥰

@wasicugenocider 9 ай бұрын

you should consider the alternative. I ask you why you aren't indigenous. It would offend my honor to hear you say you would not join my nation. Id chase through the hills and through the streams forever until i had taken what i sought. Fear for the wasicu, for you my friend i ask but the once upon thy threshold. Will you not join the first nations of turtle island? When the dog soldier howls the night will have begun.