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Makah 3

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Major themes covered:   education of children
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Ardmore 5

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Major themes covered: focus of school children
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Blackfeet 10

Establishing shot: Men sitting in a car parked in front of a town building waving at the camera.

Named locations:  Blackfeet Community Pre-School Special Education class (once a week), Piegan Street in Browning, MT, The Blackfeet Crafts Association, Heart Butte, Sarcee Indian Reserve.

Major themes covered: children—Blackfeet Crafts Association—tipi designer—rodeo. This video highlights the Blackfeet Crafts Association, which strived for economic independence through the sale of authentic American Indian arts and crafts.

Mole Lake Reservation 2

 

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Major themes covered: daycare facility shows—bead work is shown
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St. Croix Tribe 2

 

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Major themes covered: daycare facility shows—bead work is shown
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Navajo (Part 2)

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Major themes covered: explores Navajo society and culture under challenge by modern America—second of two-part series focuses on a Navajo tribal leaders headquartered in Window Rock, Arizona
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Individuals? Named?  Grave Singer
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Other notes: second part of Navajo films; see the Turner Classic Movies website's page for this film at http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84614/Navajo/

1976 Crow Fair 2

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Major themes covered: dancing in the evening
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Audible?  silent
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Other notes: 1976 Festival Of American Folklife 25

Plains Indian Girl

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Named locations: Black Hills, South Dakota, Mt. Rushmore
Major themes covered: Mary Lou lives on a reservation along the Missouri River: comparative lifeways for K-8 audience.
Native activities shown:  Children at Indian School near Mt. Rushmore, daily life, farming, sewing, beading, Christian conversion, social and fancy dancing at a fair.
Individuals Named:  Mary Lou, sister Vivian, Reverend Browning

The Longhouse People

Establishing shot: Iroquois man recites morning devotional at sunrise;
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Major themes covered: a portrait of the Iroquois Indians at mid-century
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Individuals? Yes Named?  
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Other notes: The Longhouse People: a portrait of the Iroquois Indians at mid-century. Produced by the National Film Board, Ottowa, Canada

Tourist Film, 1940

Establishing shot: The Taos Reservation; pueblos seen in the foreground with mountain ranges in the background
Named locations: No named locations
Major themes covered: A brief look at the pueblos
Native activities shown: Two women walking through the pueblos; Young children approaching the camera, smiling; A dog following a woman; Children playing in the streets
Individuals? Named? No named individuals
Native language spoken: None, silent film

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