Navajo/Diné Community, Puebloan/Tewa/Tiwa/Towa Community , Hopi Community, Intertribal/Pan-Indian Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Part 1: Navajo activities include: silversmithing, rug weaving, trading post activity. Part 2: Hopi and Zuni artisans make pottery and jewelry, also visit an Indian Fair. Part II begins at 11:20.
An overview of Yokut culture and daily practices including weaving a tule mat dwelling and boat, weaving baskets, gathering berries and fishing, playing a hoop and pole game, etc.
History and culture of the Cahuilla, reenactment of typical days in the lives of the Cahuilla narrator's grandparents, hunting and gathering, also her family's diet, initiation rituals, games.
A brief summary of Hopi life on primarily First and Second Mesa, including basket weaving, gathering water, bread baking, ceremonial dances, and some discussion on women's roles.
Intertribal/Pan-Indian Community, Navajo/Diné Community, Hopi Community, Apache/N'dee/Ndé Community, Puebloan/Tewa/Tiwa/Towa Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
*Culturally insensitive content.* Various Native communities perform ceremonial dances and compete in games in festivals at various locations like Tesuque Pueblo. Also features a Wampanoag marriage ceremony.
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
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.
An overview of daily Apache (White Mountain) life collecting water, cattle grazing, clothing styles and baskets, as well as the performance of a Sunrise Cermony.