For over 100 years, Menominee mill workers have used own sign language

The communication is indispensable, especially with multiple saws working at once and pow wow music blasting through ...

For over 100 years, this homemade sign language has been indispensible

Some signs are obvious; some are specific to the job; some are funny or describe everyday life. Workers find they use the signs even when at home.
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Menominee sawmill workers communicate with sign language developed over 100 years

NEOPIT — If you’re wandering around the sawmill on the Menominee reservation some morning and you happen to ask a worker what time it is, don’t be offended if he gives you the finger. He’s just ...

Menominee sawmill workers use mill talk sign language

Mill talk sign language helps workers communicate over loud machinery at the Menominee Tribal Enterprises sawmill in Neopit.

Menominee sawmill workers use ‘mill talk’ sign language to communicate

Menominee sawmill workers use ‘mill talk’ sign language to communicate ...