Albuquerque Indian School 1

Establishing shot:  The film opens with a zoom in on a speaker, with the framing stopping with a medium close-up shot of the speaker.
Named locations: Albuquerque Indian School
Major themes covered: Inherent sovereignty and the right of the Pueblo peoples to take control of their school system.
Native activities shown: [All an interview, topics listed]: Joseph Abeyta (Santa Clara, Isleta), Superintendent of Albuquerque Indian School, discusses the right of the Pueblo under 93-683 to take control of the Albuquerque Indian School; man discusses the profits of the school; discusses contracting. Describes how to create a program that will be better suited to Pueblo children and reasons why it is difficult for students to attend the public schools. Admissions criteria could be opened up to a larger group of students (students who have a desire). Discusses problems with boarding schools; misinformation from other schools; language barriers in white-taught schools. Proposes better using the facilities and the contract to design and develop the program for the school.

12:45: [Another interview with a panel]: Delfin Lovato (man in sunglasses), Chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Council, (Ohkay Owingeh, Santo Domingo Pueblo). The man on the right of the screen is Joseph Abeyta. The man on the left of the screen is Ron Esquerra, a Native American BIA administrator. The man standing behind Delfin Lovato is Frank Tenorio, a former Governor of San Felipe Pueblo and President of the School Board.

The panel discusses (six months later?) the development of the program to be used at the Albuquerque Indian School; Plan to assume control within twelve months; Plan to assume control of two other facilities; Phase 2 to plan and design a new facility, hopefully done in the next three years; Plan to move the facility out of Albuquerque; Indian Self-Determination Act (93-683); Signing of contract; Promise to keep the community informed on further progress; Initiating a tribal board mentioned; Further interview about how the decision was made by the Pueblo Indians; General BIA supervision until the Pueblo fully take over in Phase 2 of the planning; Implementing a foundational program; Planning a new facility.

At 31:00, Joseph Abeyta is interviewed.
Individuals: Joseph Abeyta (Santa Clara, Isleta); Delfin Lovato (Ohkay Owingeh, Santo Domingo Pueblo), Ron Esquerra, Frank Tenorio (San Felipe Pueblo). The woman with glasses at 25:00 is apparently a reporter.
Native language spoken: No native languages spoken
Audible: The narration is sometimes hard to hear, and volume should be turned up. Questions from the audience are often inaudible.

Other notes: Provides good background of education and issues of sovereignty.
Film is broken into three different interview-type segments at 12:45 and 31:00.

In 2021, Christie Abeyta was appointed as Superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School. She is a niece of both Delfin Lovato and Joseph Abeyta.  Please see: https://www.sfis.k12.nm.us/news/detail/ms-christie-abeyta-selected-as-the-4th-sfis-superintendent