Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They call it “mill talk.” At least, that’s what Menominee tribal members who don’t work in the tribe’s sawmill call it. It’s a ...

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 ...

Lumber operations director John Awonohopay, right, uses the unique “mill talk” sign language to communicate with linebar operator Dean Peters Sr., left, at the Menominee Tribal Enterprises sawmill on ...

They call it "mill talk." At least, that's what Menominee tribal members who don't work in the tribe's sawmill call it. It's a kind of sign language that mill workers at Menominee Tribal Enterprises ...