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Major themes covered: TV commercial for U. S. Army enlistment recalls the sports triumphs of Jim Thorpe
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Establishing shot: Chicago Skyline
Named locations: Near Northside Chicago, near LaSalle and Kinsey
Major themes covered: spotlights the All-Tribes American Indian Center, a result of the Department of the Interior's 1951 relocation program to resettle rurals Indians in urban centers. (See also The Exiles). Narrator claims more than 40 tribes represented.
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Individuals Named: Benjamin Bearskin (Winnebago/ Sioux), Eli Paulus (Oneida)
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Major themes covered: Cherokee teams in North Carolina play stickball game from which lacrosse came
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The 1976 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife videos were made as part of the Bi-Centennial Commemorations.