Establishing shot: Two tribal elders making announcements at a Powwow.
Named locations: Heart Butte CDP, Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Major themes covered: Singing and dancing. This video was recorded by two Blackfeet youths who are mentioned by the Powwow announcer in the film. Wayne Many Guns and Joe Fisher were young Blackfeet men who took it upon themselves to document the history and culture present on the Blackfeet reservation during the mid to late 1970’s.
Establishing shot: Camera zooming in on an open field with a white storage unit in the center while telephone poles stand to the left, as a child stands in front of a white fence.
Named locations: North American Indian Days Celebration (NAID), Oldman River Regional Planning Commission, Blood Indian Reserve, Alberta, Canada.
Major themes covered: Drum playing, singing, and dancing at the Annual North American Indian Days Celebration.
Establishing shot:
Named locations:
Major themes covered:
Native activities shown:
Individuals Named:
Native language spoken:
Audible: silent
Noteworthy elements: Original music by David Rose, composer of themes for TV Westerns Bonanza and High Chaparral.
Establishing shot:
Named locations:
Major themes covered: more dancing at Seminole Nation Day fest festival—silent footage
Native activities shown:
Individuals? Named?
Native language spoken:
Audible? silent
Noteworthy elements:
Other notes:
Establishing shot:
Named locations:
Major themes covered: dancing at Seminole Nation Day festival—silent footage
Native activities shown:
Individuals? Named?
Native language spoken:
Audible? silent
Noteworthy elements:
Other notes:
Establishing shot:
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
Establishing shot: Six men standing together, in dance attire, talking amongst each other.
Named locations: Tesuque Pueblo (in opening credit); Taos Pueblo (in opening credit); Gallup, New Mexico (in advertisement);
Major themes covered: Native American dances