Educational film guide ()

970.1 EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE EL NAVAJO. SantaFe 1945 45inin sd color loan el-jh-sh-c-ad Guide To the general pictures of the Navajo Reservation photographed by the Santa Fe Railroad have been added glimpses of work at Ganado mission NAVAJO CHILDREN. EBF 1938 llmln sd (Elementary social studies ser) $45, rent $2.50 p-el-Jh Guide Collaborators: Arthur I. Gates, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ernest Horn, State University of Iowa and Celeste C. PearSet in Arizona and New Mexico. The experiences of a Navajo boy and girl in moving with their family, household effects, pets, horses, sheep and goats from their winter quarters to their summer home Following a day's journey by wagon, they camp for the night with other Navajos and after the evening meal sing native songs. In the morning, the Navajo boys hold a marksmanship contest with bows and arrows. Another day's travel brings the family to their destination Repairing their home, planting crops, caring for their sheep and goats, and rug weaving are mong the activities shown. Navajo conversation and songs "The Navajos do not use bows and arrows as playthings. Unauthentic In this regard. Otherwise fine." Collaborator "Outstanding film showing the home life of family of Navajo Indians Including the details of their trip to the summer home.' Collaborator ., ^, A correlated fllmstrip Is also available NAVAJO INDIAN. Coronet 1943 lOmin sd $45; also color $90 970.1 p-e!-Jh-sh-ad Guide Collaborator: Dean Wendell W. Wright, professor of education, Indiana University Portrays in color the Navajo daily life. Shows arts and crafts — especially silver work and weaving. Native habitat, customs and ceremonies are interwoven into the story NAVAJO INDIANS. EBF 1939 llmln sd (World's people) $45, rent $2.50 970.1 Jh-sh Guide Collaborator: Clark Wlssler, American Museum of Natural History Glimpses of Navajo Indian life which few white people know about. High on the Rocky Mountain plateau a Navajo girl while watching her sheep and goats sees a pony race by Navajo boys. The girl later attends a dance where in accordance with custom, the girls ask the boys to dance Following this, homework of weaving and gardening are presented along with a trip to the trading post. Sllversmithlng, home-building, and cooking likewise are shown. A native wedding, together with Navajo conversation and songs NAVAJO INDIANS OF THE PAINTED DESERT. Allen 1948 llmln sd $30 970.1 e!-Jh-sh-c-ad Guide A story of the primitive Navajo Indians of the Painted desert of northern Arizona. It shows the strange mode of life of these nomads, their weird beliefs and superstitions, their fear of night witches and demons. There are scenes of shepherd boys guarding their flocks with bow and arrow and intimate scenes of family life NAVAJO RUG WEAVING. Bailey 1941 16min si color $60, rent $3 970.1 el-jh-sh-c-ad Guide "Shows how the Navajo Indians weave their famous rugs. The different operations: sheepshearing; carding of the wool; spinning by hand; setting up the loom; silhouette view of erected loom; making of the dye; dyeing the yarn; close view of weaving technique; finishing the weave; the finished rug. Beautiful color and composition. Not enough titles." California NAVAJO SANDPAINTERS. ♦ 22mln sd color loan SantaFe 1941 970.1 p-el-Jh Shepherd Hogan in Monument Valley. The Medicine Man is sent for to cure an ailing boy by means of ancient rites An authentic, scientific record of a carefully guarded ceremony "Continuity good." Collaborator NAVAJOLAND. SantaFe 1942 lOmln sd color loan 970.1 sh-c The problems which face the Navajo nation today and ' sidelights on its history and traditions are Involved in this picture. It discusses the government's attempt to restore to the Navajo his ancient heritage PEOPLE OF THE POTLATCH. CanNFB 1944 22min sd color $150, rent $5 970.1 el-Jh-sh "Very well photographed, colored sequences of how the West Coast Indians live. Shows dramatically and vividly their costunies, their ceremonial observances, their feasts, dances, music, and totems. "Includes the Potlatch celebration, which is their winter festival celebrated by feasting, dancing, and ceremony." Wisconsin PUEBLO BOY. Ford 1947 25min sd color * (Americans at home) loan 970.1 el-Jh-sh Tells the story of a young Indian boy being instructed in the ancient and modern ways, habits, traditions and cultures of his people, the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest. It presents some Pueblo dances and ceremonies believed never to have been photographed or recorded before "Film has many attractive things about it. It gives a satisfying presentation of the Indian at work and play, the dances are excellent and the camera has recorded some of the vast space of the Southwest — one of its more significant characteristics." Library journal PUEBLO INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. Rev. ed. Hunt 1947 85min si color $400 970.1 el-Jh-sh First released in 1941 A natural color film showing the Indian life and ceremonies at Hop! villages — Jemez, Zunl, Taos, San Ildefonso. Indian dances. Home life. Pottery making by Marie Martinez RHYTHIVl OF THE REDMAN. Hunt 1939 30min si color $130 970.1 Jh-sh-c-ad Indian dances, taken upon the reservations, in natural color. Beautiful costumes — steps in regular speed and semi-slow motion Parts of the following dances: Navajo Indian fire dance (Arizona) ; Apache Indian devil dance (Arizona); Picuris Indian deer dance (New Mexico Pueblo); Arapahoe-Shoshonl war dance (Oklahoma); Ponca (Oklahoma) Indians war dance; Santa Clara Pueblo Indians in a corn dance RIVER PEOPLE. USIndianServ 25min sd color $99.59 970.1 Jh-sh-c This film was made by the Federal government for use in Indian education From legend and history, the Pimafe themselves reconstructed their old way of life for this picture 040