Sioux
Language and Communication
By Christopher T.
The Sioux used a lot of word pictures. The Sioux
had
littler tribes like the Dakota. A word picture can be simple like
these: A cornstalk means maize (corn). A beaver represents beaver. A tepee with grass around it
represents snow. A star with a line coming out of it means somebody saw a
meteor. They had a lot of word pictures.
Some of the illustrations that the Sioux used meant a lot. A tic-tac-toe board
represent an Indian escaped the enemy
by hiding behind a small hill. A tepee with horse prints outside the front
means there are so many bison that they make tracks outside the tepee. A
tepee with two arrows sticking out of it represents the Dakota tribe demolished the Shoshoni
village. Two Indians fighting means the fight between the Dakotas and the Crow. A horse
shoe represents a robber of a horse. They have really long word pictures.
The Sioux all so used a lot of sign language like
these... When you hold up your pinky on your left hand it means 1.
Each time you count a new number you hold up your fingers. 2 is your ring finger on your
left hand. 3 is
your middle finger on your left hand. 4 is the pointer finger on your left
hand. 5 is the thumb on your left hand. They have a lot more signs
for the numbers.
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