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Tom White Horse, the chief of Arapahoe tribe, talks about things heard but not seen using the Indian sign language in Montana.

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.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069795
Cheyenne tribe chief Strange Owl shares an incident in sign language with General Scott in Montana, United States.

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.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069796
Bitter Root Jim, a Flathead tribal, presents his bear story in sign language in Montana, United States.

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.

Date: 1931
Duration: 8 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069797
Indian chieftains share jokes in sign language and General Scott bids them a farewell using sign language in Montana.

U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Native American Indian chiefs 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. The formal features of the council are completed. A tribal chief plays an instrument. General Scott seated next to him. Several views of the Indian chieftains talking and sharing jokes with each other in sign language. General Scoot speaks to a chief in sign language. The chieftains crack jokes in sign language and laugh. The Indian chieftains talk in sign language. The council gets over. General Scott bids farewell to the chieftains using sign language.

Date: 1931
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069798
Mine workers board man-cars at Butte in Montana.

Exteriors of a copper mine at Butte in Montana, USA. Sweeping view of mining operations on hillside in background and shops and homes of mining town in foreground. A shift of mine workers waits in queues to enter man-cars at the surface. Miners enter the mine lift elevator cars ready to be lowered in the mine.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030429
Air pipes ventilates a drift inside a copper mine at Butte in Montana, USA.

View of ventilated drift inside a copper mine at Butte in Montana, USA. A canvas air pipe runs along the length of the drift. Timber blocks support the ceilings of the drift.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030430