Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago Community -- Open
Films are open to the public via a combined unrestricted community protocol. We will happily restrict a film to either Akimel O'odham or Tohono O'odham community's protocols at any point upon request.
Recent DH Items
Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago CommunityCategory
Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
TV program visits the Santa Rosa Ranch School and Tohono O'odham village of Sil Nakya. The host interviews and performs for local school children, and also a prominent family in the village and women cooking, and features a ceremonial wine dance.Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago CommunityCategory
Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
The narrative follows the daily routines of two Tohono O’odham children, their family and their community. Includes cooking, tending their fields, water gathering, picking prickly pairs and attending bible study and church.Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago CommunityCategory
Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
This film follows the plight of Akimel O'odham farmers and how local irrigation efforts, San Carlos Irrigation Project, and the Coolidge Dam factor into their modern practices. Also covers food preservation practices and basket weaving.Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
An A/O grandfather tells his grandson about wedding customs and other things depicted in petroglyphs; also what may be a mock wedding ceremony. Narration incl. the roles of family members (esp. wives) using saguaro and cholla cacti as illustrations.