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Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
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Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
Navajo activities depicted include silversmithing jewelry and bow guard, grinding corn meal and baking bread, eating a meal, ploughing and planting, family life, and wrapping a baby into a cradleboard. Views of Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.Digital Heritage
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Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
A profile of Navajo/Diné social life, family structure, and culture. Activities shown: farming corn, sheep herding, preparing corn bread, children and family pets, weaving wool and yarn preparation, loom building, silversmithing, trading goods, and more.Digital Heritage
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Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
This film follows the 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
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Navajo/Diné CommunityCollections
Completed Alternate Audio Narrations -- Navajo/Diné
Category
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. Digital Heritage
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Hopi CommunityCollections
Needs Review by 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..Digital Heritage
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Hopi CommunityCollections
Needs Review by Hopi Community
Category
Sponsored and Educational Films
Summary
The daily life of the Hopi women and men, and preparations for a marriage ceremony.