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Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Film showcases three ceremonial dances performed at night: Great Feathered Arrow Dance, Feather Dance, and Fire Dance. Also features the arrivals of families to the event, making fry breads, and more.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné Community, Hopi Community, Intertribal/Mixed CommunityCategory
DocumentarySummary
Documentary about the history of the forced relocation of thousands of Navajo people from Black Mesa in Arizona after the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Navajo activities include: silversmithing jewelry and bow guard; grinding corn meal and baking bread; eating a meal; ploughing and planting; children and elders; wrapping a baby into a cradleboard. Views of Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
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. Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
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.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Overview of Navajo/Diné living conditions, amenities, boarding schools, women working in an Indian hospital, spinning wool and weaving, men building an irrigation system, silversmithing, sand painting, and more.Digital Heritage
Community
Intertribal/Mixed Community, Navajo/Diné Community, Hopi Community, Apache/Inde Community, Pueblo/Puebloan Community Category
Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
*Culturally insensitive content.* Various Native communities perform ceremonial dances and compete in games in festivals at various locations like Tesuque Pueblo. Also features a Wampanoag marriage ceremony.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
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.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Episode of the TV show Vagabond about Monument Valley and the Navajo people. Navajo-related activities include a cross-cultural exchange with YMCA/YWCA, selling rugs, weaving, sheepherding, cooking, doctor visit.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Theme: overview of Navajo/Diné agricultural practices, moving from winter to summer hogans and other seasonal activities. Story: follows a family including two children, Little Bow and Dark Eyes.Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
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. Digital Heritage
Community
Navajo/Diné CommunityCategory
Completed Alternate Audio Narration, Sponsored and Educational FilmsSummary
Brief history of the Navajo's relationship to the Canyon de Chelly and its formation over time; other topics: construction of hogans; sheep sheering; cliff dwellings; and prayer piles.