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The Supai Indian (1945)

Digital Heritage
Community
Havasupai/Supai Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
An overview of life in a Havasupai village in Havasu Canyon: including rodeo, agriculture, school life, the post office, and recreation.

Navajo Indians (1939)

Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Major themes covered: Daily life; rug weaving; social life; courtship; wedding customs; sheepherding; preparing food; harvesting corn; carding and spinning wool; rug weaving; trade; silverwork; social dances; constructing a hogan.

Navajo Sandpainters (1941)

Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A medicine man and assistants conduct a sandpainting ceremony to cure an ill man. Story includes the family coming to him for help, the creation of the painting, and the healing ceremony.

El Navajo (1945)

Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Scenes of Navajo life include: sheepherding and animal husbandry; rug weaving; moccasin making; preparing food; visiting the trading post; farming; a marriage, silversmithing; conducting a sweat; performing a men’s Shooting Way Chant and sandpainting.

Villages in the Sky (1953)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Summary forthcoming.

Hopi Kachinas (1960)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Summary forthcoming.

Hopi Indian Arts and Crafts (1945)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Summary forthcoming.

Miracle on the Mesa (1954)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Summary forthcoming.

Navajo Country (1951)

Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Follows Navajo/Diné Carillo family and Boja artisan couple through a variety of activities including silversmithing, jewelry making, preparing wool, weaving, brushing hair, and more.

Another to Conquer (1941)

Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Story about a Navajo family and their battle with tuberculosis as two members must heal in a sanatorium. Storyline includes generational differences regarding Western medicine, and a young Navajo man's decision to attend an Indian boarding school.

An Indian Bible (1940)

Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A grandfather tells his grandson about wedding customs and other things depicted in petroglyphs; also what may be a mock wedding ceremony. Narration incl. the roles of family members (esp. wives) using saguaro and cholla cacti as illustrations.

Navajo Silversmith (1959)

Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Film features primarily Tom Burnsides' silversmithing of a buckle, trading at the post, and close-ups of his wares. Also, striking views of Monument Valley and family herding their flock across the landscape.