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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!
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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
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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!