dances

Indian Dances

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Major themes covered: beautiful costumes highlight silent footage of a theatrical dance presentation of Indian culture from the Northwest Coast - filmed by Alaska film maker Elmer King
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Yup’ik Antigone

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Major themes covered: presentation of David Hunsacker’s adaptation of the 2,500-year-old Greek play by Sophocles—here realized in the Yup’ik language with English language narrator/interpreter
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Gourd Dance Festival 1

 

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Major themes covered: colorful dancing and Indian crafts
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Warbonnet Congress

Establishing shot: Indian in full warbonnet
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Major themes covered: Indian finery and games at National Indian Congress in Pendleton, Oregon—from the Western Sketchbook film series and Union Pacific Railroad
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Other notes: Indian finery and games at National Indian Congress in Pendleton, Oregon—from the Western Sketchbook film series and Union Pacific Railroad (1958)

 

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

Indians of California 1

Establishing shot:  Scene opens with a Yokut man sitting, full frame in view, and singing while using a traditional instrument to keep beat. In the background lodgings can be seen. A dissolve cuts to a medium shot of the location with other individuals walking through a small village. During this transition the native song can still be heard and a narrative voice over then begins.
Named locations:  California;
Major themes covered: An overview of the Yokuts of California

Another to Conquer

Camera: Robert Cline
Sound: Clarence Townsend
Consultant: Ruth Underhill, Ph.D., a noted Southwestern anthropologist
Editor: H. E. Mandal
Establishing shot:  A night scene in which Navajo people dance around a campfire in full frame. In a quick cut, the camera is then positioned closer to the campfire as the men circle.
Named locations: No named location
Major themes covered: The impact of tuberculosis on Native Americans, particularly the Navajo