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River People (1948)

Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
This film follows the plight of Akimel O'odham farmers and how local irrigation efforts, San Carlos Irrigation Project, and the Coolidge Dam factor into their modern practices. Also covers food preservation practices and basket weaving.

An Indian Bible (1940)

Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
An A/O 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.

Miracle on the Mesa (1954)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A summary of Hopi pottery and Piki bread making, and agricultural and livestock-keeping practices in the Keams Canyon and First Mesa areas of the Hopi reservation. Story follows John Ovayama through various scenarios reflecting Hopi life and customs..

Villages in the Sky (1953)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A brief summary of Hopi life on primarily First and Second Mesa, including basket weaving, gathering water, bread baking, ceremonial dances, and some discussion on women's roles.

Hopi Kachinas (1960)

Digital Heritage
Community
Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Overview of Hopi Kachina doll/Katsina making (feat. master craftsman Jimmy Kewanwytewa) and how they are used to teach traditional ways and cultural history to the children. Also includes a Butterfly Dance performance.

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.

The Apache Indian (1945)

Digital Heritage
Community
Apache/Inde Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A brief summary of Apache/Nde/Ndee everyday activities (particularly women's roles) and ceremonies including the Sunrise Ceremony/Girls’ Puberty Ceremony.

Apache (1953)

Digital Heritage
Community
Apache/Inde Community
Category
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
An overview of daily Apache (White Mountain) life collecting water, cattle grazing, clothing styles and baskets, as well as the performance of a Sunrise Cermony.

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.

Indian Children (1955)

Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Summary forthcoming. Tohono O’odham.

Discovery '65: "Desert People -- Discovery Visits the Papagos" (1965)

Digital Heritage
Community
Akimel O'odham/Pima Community & Tohono O'odham/Papago Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
TV program visits the Santa Rosa Ranch School and Tohono O'odham village of Sil Nakya. The host interviews and performs for local school children, and also a prominent family in the village and women cooking, and features a ceremonial wine dance.

This Land of Ours -- "Southwestern Indian Dances" (1947)

Digital Heritage
Community
Intertribal/Mixed Community, Pueblo/Puebloan Community , Apache/Inde Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
This film features dancers, rodeo performers, and a parade of various tribes (including Kiowa/Ka'igwu, Jemez Pueblo/Towa, Apache/Nde/Ndee and Zuni/A:shiwi) at the annual The Inter-Tribal Ceremonials in Gallup, New Mexico.