Who gave you your sign name?

lianne said:
I dont have a sign name (probably because I am hearing)..
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Bah, hearing people get sign names all the time. Case in point: me. :P In fact, i'm on my second sign name..:giggle:
 
Berry said:
No. Or at least I don't think so. My mother, not full blood herself, associated with a mixed group who were like minded and a bit radical. They were bound by the belief that white culture, and white religion, was not for them.

Navajos for sure. I have no Navajo blood, it is Cherokee, Choctaw, and possibly Comanche, but someone in the group married a Navajo, there were several around. I was influenced by their ideas at an early age. One thing that impressed me was they were the only ones who actually spoke their own language. The rest spoke English, many spoke Spanish, and a few spoke French. But on the whole white rules and white culture had erased the native languages of the other groups.



I thank you for this question as it recognizes something I have a hard time explaining to so many people. "The Indians" is a misnomer: there were at least 500 tribes when the white man landed here, and at least 2000 offshoots. It would be like saying "The Europeans" and no one explains if they are talking about French, Italian, German, or or.



I think it would be insightful to ask any Native American how traditional they are and if they replied "yes" to ask how they feel about naming and names.

My mother had a name for me only she and I knew.

I was talking about these things with a group one time and I turned to the only other person with Indian blood, he is full blooded, and asked him how he felt about any of these things -- To which he replied: "I don't have a clue what you are talking about. I was raised Pentecostal."
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Thank you very much for your answer. Normally, I would use the term "Native American", but used Indian because of your statement about being a COWI.:giggle:

And you are correct. If I am dealing with a client that is a member of a culture of which I am unfamiliar regarding norms and traditions, I will always ask for explanation. It is really the only way that one can learn and be culturally sensitive. My concern is that certain behaviors that are culturally bound not lead to a misperception of certain behaviors. For instance, if I have an Asian client, I need to be mindful that if they don't look me in the eye when we are interacting, it is not a sign of avoidance, but merely a sign of respect as is practiced in that culture. If I am not aware of these things, I could easily lable that client as being avoidant when they are not. I try very hard to be culturally sensitive to things of this nature, but there is always more that can be learned.

LOL at the last paragraph. What a great answer that was!
 
jillio said:
Thank you very much for your answer. Normally, I would use the term "Native American", but used Indian because of your statement about being a COWI.:giggle:

And you are correct. If I am dealing with a client that is a member of a culture of which I am unfamiliar regarding norms and traditions, I will always ask for explanation. It is really the only way that one can learn and be culturally sensitive. My concern is that certain behaviors that are culturally bound not lead to a misperception of certain behaviors. For instance, if I have an Asian client, I need to be mindful that if they don't look me in the eye when we are interacting, it is not a sign of avoidance, but merely a sign of respect as is practiced in that culture. If I am not aware of these things, I could easily lable that client as being avoidant when they are not. I try very hard to be culturally sensitive to things of this nature, but there is always more that can be learned.

LOL at the last paragraph. What a great answer that was!
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OFF TOPIC.

That is very interesting that Asian client not meeting your eyes to talk and understand what you say even if he/she was hearing. It can be hard for the deaf person so that he/she can read your lip or sign. We have that culture too, for only Native American women were not suppose to look at the person when talking. The white people wanted them to look at them face to face but they were used to not looking at the person they spoke to. That is why that culture was taken away and we have to look at the persons whether we like it or not. It is a show of our respect just like the Asian client. That is very weird that they have the same thing like ours. :hmm:
 
kyleb said:
I think hearing people, IF they are culturally Deaf, should be allowed to give sign names. This segmentation does not seem very fair to me because, I think, sign language was originally invented as a way for HEARING people to communicate when their vocal cords didn't exist.
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Bebonang said:
OFF TOPIC.

That is very interesting that Asian client not meeting your eyes to talk and understand what you say even if he/she was hearing. It can be hard for the deaf person so that he/she can read your lip or sign. We have that culture too, for only Native American women were not suppose to look at the person when talking. The white people wanted them to look at them face to face but they were used to not looking at the person they spoke to. That is why that culture was taken away and we have to look at the persons whether we like it or not. It is a show of our respect just like the Asian client. That is very weird that they have the same thing like ours. :hmm:
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People from Japan, Korea and Hong Kong don't do that-- they still make eye contact. However some of the other Chinese students avoid eye contact, but I am not sure what parts they are from?
 
awesome name stories, ya'all! and no I do not have one. *pout*
 
Jiro said:
awesome name stories, ya'all! and no I do not have one. *pout*
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I name you "J with a fist punching out after J completed." (May use your real first initial, but I didn't know if I should say it here.)
 
Bottesini said:
I name you "J with a fist punching out after J completed." (May use your real first initial, but I didn't know if I should say it here.)
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that's actually awesome! me likey! :ily:

I hope somebody doesn't get hurt from punching out! :lol:
 
i would sign like "army" with two a on the chest for Jiro's sign name since his first name was A. :lol:

Jiro, I dont have a sign name either. my name is only finger spelling.
 
Frisky Feline said:
i would sign like "army" with two a on the chest for Jiro's sign name since his first name was A. :lol:

Jiro, I dont have a sign name either. my name is only finger spelling.
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that's also good too! why not both?

for you - I would do cat sign in a slightly revised way - palm out with 3 fingers touching my skin above my lip and then slide down which makes my hand a Y-sign (because I have semi arthritis-like hand). While doing that - my mouth says "MEOW" :laugh2:

Not sure if I explain it right :hmm:
 
Jiro said:
that's also good too! why not both?

for you - I would do cat sign in a slightly revised way - palm out with 3 fingers touching my skin above my lip and then slide down which makes my hand a Y-sign (because I have semi arthritis-like hand). While doing that - my mouth says "MEOW" :laugh2:

Not sure if I explain it right :hmm:
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Video! I bet you have a webcam at your work. I am sure that your work have a program that webcam can convert it into video. so i can see what you were trying to tell me. :giggle:
 
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