Friend, friendship


Sign: Friend, All
All friends 

Friendship 


This sign requires some explanation. The signs are: white man, with us, friend. Friend is signed with the offering of one’s hand. White man is for reference to some group and is changed as appropriate.

This sign was given by Toe-caq-A- daq-A-qic (Lean Wolf), Chief of the Hidatsa Indians of Dakota Territory, In 1880. 

Sign Language Among North American Indians
 by Garrick Mallery, page 526-527.
 

Friend

Growing up together.



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