Resources for religious interpreting: Native American Spirituality
David Bar-Tzur
Created 23 November 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.
| Books | CDs, DVDs, & Videotapes | Journals, newspapers and newsletters | Mailing lists, chat sites, and forums | Organizations |
| People | Web sites |
Books
Clark, W. P. (1982). Indian Sign Language.University of Nebraska Press. ISBN: 0803263090.
Farnell, B. (1995). Do you see what I mean?: Plains Indian sign talk and the embodiment of action. University of Texas Press. ISBN: 0292724802.
Goff Paris, D. & S. K. Wood (eds). (2002). Step into the circle. American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations people who are deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing are a diverse group. This 8.5" by 11" soft cover book is a tribute to these cultures, with over 100 contributions. Includes photographs, artwork, poems, biographies and autobiographies. The book cover was designed by famed artist Tony Landon McGregor. (Deaf author)
Iron Eyes, C. (1970). Indian talk: Hand signals of the North American Indians.
Naturegraph Publishing. ISBN: 0911010823.
Kelly, M., A. M. Schlesinger and F. L. Israel (eds) (1997). Native American talking signs (Looking into the past: Peoples, places, and customs). Chelsea House Publishing (Library). ISBN: 0791046818.
Konstantin, P. Links to Native American sites, introductory page. Click on the various links for books.
Magida, A. (ed) (1999). How to be a perfect stranger: A guide to etiquette in other people's religious ceremonies. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing. Vol. 2, 232-247. [Sections: History and beliefs, The basic service, Holy days and festivals, Life cycle events, Home celebrations.]
Olsen, M and B. Carter (illustrator) (1998). Native American Sign Language. Troll Association. ISBN: 0816745099.
Sebeok, T. A. and D. J. Umiker-Sebeok (1978). Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia. Plenum Publishing Corporation. ISBN: 0306310732.
Skelly, M. Amer-Ind gestural code based on universal American Indian hand talk." (out of print)
Tomkins, W. and A. J. Stover (illustrator) (1969). Indian Sign Language. Dover Publications. ISBN: 048622029X.
CDs, DVDs, & Videotapes. Diversity.Store.com. Native American videos.
Index of Native American video resources on the Internet.
Native American index of videos at Buffalo Trails.
Native media - Film and video organizations.
Journals, newspapers and newsletters. Indian Country Today. America's largest Indian newspaper.
Miller, K. M. (2003, May) For Cheechakos only: Interpreting Alaskan colloquialisms. VIEWS, 20, 5.
Native media - Journals and newspapers.
Mailing lists, chat sites, and forumsINDIAN-HERITAGE-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU - Native Americans discussion.
INDIAN-ROOTS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU - Native American history and genealogy discussion.
L-Soft. Click on "Search for a mailing list of interest" and search "Native American".
NA-FORUM-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU - Native Americans discussion.
NAAC@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU - Native American Archives Coalition.
NATAMERLIT-LIST@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU - Native American literature-list.
Native American tribes: Information virtually everywhere. Click on "mailing lists".
UANASA-L@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU - Native American Student Association at the University of Arkansas.
OrganizationsNative American organizations - cowboy.net.
Native American organizations.
Native American organizations and urban Indian Centers - Lisa Mitten.
Web sites
Deaf Indians
General nations
History
Plains Indian Sign Language
Specific nations
Deaf Indians
Deaf and Native American - About.com.
Deaf Native Americans - Deafness.tqn.com.
Hoffman, L. (2004, June 19). Trilingual in Navajo, American Sign Language, English, interpreter gives Deaf a voice.
Storystones. Nothing means more to deaf children than having a friend who can speak their own language. Deaf children "talk" with their hands and "hear" with their eyes. Children love action and adventure and are fascinated with sign language and "secret communication."
Wallace Library at NTID/RIT - Deaf Native Americans.
General nations
Center for World Indigenous Studies.
Konstantin, P. Links to Native American sites, introductory page. Very extensive.
Native American resources - cowboy.net. Extensive links.
Native American archive - The Neopagan archive.
Native Americans - Internet Resources.
Other Native American resources. Lists the official and unofficial tribal sites for many nations!
History
Griffin, S. Wounded Knee: The end of American Indian resistance. Black Coyote, who accidentally fired the first shot was deaf.
Plains Indian Sign Language
American Indian signs. Has descriptions of signs.
Comanche Lodge. Native American Sign Language. Has descriptions of signs.
EddieNugent.
(2007, July 18). INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. 
(2007, June 29). ASL Belong To Indian?
International bibliography of sign language - Plains Indian Sign Language.
KristinDH. (2007, January 16). John Denver - The Lord's Prayer. John doing The Lord's Prayer in Indian sign language, from his 1982 tour. Webmaster: Interesting explanations of the etymology of these signs.
lesmkelly. (2008, March 2). Just Another Day At The Office. Jimmy Kerr: Spoken Word. Leslie Kelly: Loosely Translated American Indian Sign Language.
Okiegurl101. (2007, November 17). Napoleon Dynamite Reinvented? Gina Mengwasser celebrates Oklahoma's 100th birday by performing the lord's prayer in sign language.
Plains Indian Sign Language. A Memorial to the Conference, September 4-6, 1930, Browning, Montana.
Seton, E. T. Sign Language.
tulsatv. (2008, April 1). 1970s KTUL sign-off: Indian sign language. Dick West's "Lord's Prayer" sign language from Channel 8's nightly signoff in the 1970s. It was at the end of Channel 8's day. Dick was a good friend of our family. Mr. Leake got Dick (who at that time was resident artist at Bacone College) to do it. Dick was a tremendous artist. He later went to an Indian college in Kansas, then retired to Ft. Gibson Lake. Some of his paintings can be seen at Gilcrease Museum, at Bacone, and even the Smithsonian. He moved to Arizona to be close to one of his sons, and died a few years ago.
Specific nations
A guide to the Great Sioux Nation. Links.
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