Native-American
Native-American:
Touch an "F" hand to your cheek, then touch your head higher up and back.
Think of an Indian headdress.
In a message dated 3/15/2007 9:25:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Allie
writes:
Dr. Bill,
I thought the sign for Native American changed to
NATURE + AMERICA + AGENT to be politically correct.
Do you know if this is true?
-Allie
Allie,
I personally don't plan on using the "NATURE + AMERICAN + AGENT"
method. For the time being I still do the old "feather headdress"
version.
The incoming "PC" method I've seen is to rub the back of the
non-dominant hand twice. (Sort of like a "reverse" version of the sign
"PET.") That is a sign that has been borrowed from "Indian (Native
American) Sign Language. As early as 2006 I met someone who said
she saw that way being taught as a variation at Cal State University,
Northridge. Plus I looked in a book of "Indian Sign Language" and
noted that the "rub" method was being used by a Native American.
--Bill
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