A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Native American Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. The chief of the Upper Gros Venter tribe speaks using the Indian sign language. The chief of the Arapahoe tribe Tom White Horse also speaks in sign language. Rides Black Horse, the chief of the Assiniboine, uses sign language to explain what he is saying. General Scott translates the stories simultaneously.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Pigean council lodge for a council. The chief of the Piegan tribe Little Plume speaks using the Indian sign language. The chief of the Sarcee tribe speaks with the help of the Indian sign language. General Scott translates the stories simultaneously. Joe Big Plume of the Sarcee tribe uses sign language and speaks. General Scott uses sign language to speak to the Native American Indian chieftains.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Native American Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. A view of the chiefs of different tribal groups seated. Mountain Chief of the Piegan tribe uses the Indian sign language to share his story. He tells how Indians catch buffaloes from a pond. General Scott translates it simultaneously.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Native American Indian chiefs seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. Tom White Horse, the chief of Arapahoe tribe talks about the things heard but not seen using the Indian sign language. Another chief seated beside him plays an instrument. General Scott translates it simultaneously.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Native American Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. Strange Owl, the chief of the Cheyenne tribe, in sign language shares a incident of how he and his brother caught a buffalo calf. He describes how he wrestled with the calf. Two tribal chief seated near him.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chiefs seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. Bitter Root Jim, a Flathead tribal, presents his bear story in Native American Indian sign language. The Indian chieftains seated together. Bitter Root Jim gets up and stands in the center to share his bear story with the chieftains seated. Using signs he explains what happened to him. The seated tribal chiefs look at him carefully.