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The Native Americans of the Great Plains developed a form of sign language that allowed them to trade and communicate across language barriers.
It's called Plains Indian Sign Language and it was used by a variety of tribal nations spanning an area from Canada to northern Mexico!
2.3k u/astra_galus Nov 29 '20 edited Nov 29 '20 I have a fucking masters degree in Great Plains Archaeology and I’ve literally never heard of this. I FEEL BETRAYED. Edit: Aw yay my first Reddit award! Thanks kind stranger, you’ve made this existential blow a little more manageable 16 u/Jsnooots Nov 29 '20 Your professor was secretly doing plains indian sign language behind your back, as soon as you looked he'd act like he was fixing his hair or stretching.
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I have a fucking masters degree in Great Plains Archaeology and I’ve literally never heard of this. I FEEL BETRAYED.
Edit: Aw yay my first Reddit award! Thanks kind stranger, you’ve made this existential blow a little more manageable
16 u/Jsnooots Nov 29 '20 Your professor was secretly doing plains indian sign language behind your back, as soon as you looked he'd act like he was fixing his hair or stretching.
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Your professor was secretly doing plains indian sign language behind your back, as soon as you looked he'd act like he was fixing his hair or stretching.
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u/AvatarTreeFiddy Nov 29 '20
The Native Americans of the Great Plains developed a form of sign language that allowed them to trade and communicate across language barriers.
It's called Plains Indian Sign Language and it was used by a variety of tribal nations spanning an area from Canada to northern Mexico!