Injun Talk

 
Director: 
Nick Grinde
Production Date: 
1946
Narrator: 
Introduced by Ronald Colman; information arranged and interpreted by Colonel Tim McCoy
Run Time: 
O:28:31

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Named locations:
Major themes covered: Showman Tim McCoy explains sign language among Plains Indians with emphasis on Blackfeet and Blood tribes
Native activities shown:  
Individuals Named 
Native language spoken:
Audible 
Noteworthy elements:  
Other notes:  Colonel Tim McCoy first served as a consultant in silent Western films, then came to be an oncreen figure in numerous Westerns.  His work was notable in that McCoy westerns, in that Indians were always portrayed sympathetically.  McCoy died in 1978 at the Post Hospital on Ft. Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona near his Nogales home.   For more, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McCoy