Floyd Favel explains symbols in the Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL) and Cree…

Floyd Favel (Plains Cree from Poundmaker Cree Nation) is a theater artist, educator, knowledge keeper, and writer. Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), or Hand Talk, was a complex means of communication in North America. PISL plays an important role in Favel’s research, as well as in the annual Poundmaker Indigenous Performance Festival directed by Favel. “Floyd Favel clearly prides himself in his knowledge of the Cree language as his mother tongue and first language before English and indicates that the Plains Sign Language is his second language, also before English. He is going to tell us more about the Plains Sign Language and sign language in general, which has been around since the beginning of mankind.” Excerpt from one of the most recent manuscripts of the ‘Universal Phrasebook Of Indigenous Languages’ (UPIL) http://radioaulamundi.website3.me/the-universal-phrasebook-of-indigenous-languages-upil https://whydonate.com/en/fundraising/upil ••• https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/floyd-favel.html https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHLKQ2A-YA ••• Interview conducted by Marco Rixecker https://www.amazon.com/author/marcorixecker••• Radio Aula Mundi, February 2025 At the moment, Radio Aula Mundi is an evolving podcast station where no language and all languages are spoken… It’s a multilingual mix of music, poetry, lectures, languages, interviews, documentaries, recipes, and a lot more, co-produced with the students of the ‘Aula Mundi International Cultural Center’…••• Radio Aula MundiCentro Cultural & Turistico Aula MundiAula Mundi Cultural Travel Centerhttps://linktr.ee/radioaulamundi •••