Navajo/Diné Community, Puebloan (Several Villages) 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.
Survey of modern conveniences and amenities to be found on the reservation, including Navajo/Diné-owned businesses, boarding schools, soldiers and Boy Scouts, art classes, public ceremonies, and the newly opened General Dynamics Navajo Facility.
The film discusses the rise of mining in the West and recycles footage from other films to include commentary on the Navajo/Diné peoples. Further description forthcoming.
St. Louis area television program (sponsored by PBS's predecessor National Educational Television and Radio Center) episode focussing on the Navajo/Diné people. Further description forthcoming.
Story includes a sympathetic, if patronizing, profile of the family life of Navajo people in Northeastern Arizona in the mid-1950s. Focuses mainly on poverty.
Pueblo Indians historically through contemporary era with emphasis on Taos, Acoma, and Zuni communities. Includes footage of Mesa Verde, Santa Fe Indian School, Gallup Inter-Tribal Gallup Indian Ceremonial, and Tony Reyna Indian Arts and Crafts store.
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.
