Navajo/Diné Protocol -- Open
Recent DH Items
Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Home MoviesSummary
Home movie footage of a Navajo woman weaving under a sun shade as a toddler girl learns/plays alongside, exterior of Monument Valley Tour jeep and driver, Navajos and tourists entering a hogan, talking to a woman, a group lining up for a photo, horses...Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
A medicine man and assistants conduct a sandpainting ceremony to cure an ill man. Story includes the family coming to him for help, the creation of the painting, and the healing ceremony.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
B-Roll and Outtakes, Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
About a young Navajo/Diné boy, Son of the Hunter, who must grapple with death, abondonment by his father, his family's limited resources, and being forcibly moved to an indian boarding school.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Story about a Navajo family and their battle with tuberculosis as two members must heal in a sanatorium. Storyline includes generational differences regarding Western medicine, and a young Navajo man's decision to attend an Indian boarding school.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Major themes covered: Daily life; rug weaving; social life; courtship; wedding customs; sheepherding; preparing food; harvesting corn; carding and spinning wool; rug weaving; trade; silverwork; social dances; constructing a hogan.