" AMERICAN INDIANS OF TODAY " 1957 NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL FILM INDIAN RESERVATIONS XD60564

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This film was produced in 1957 by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films in collaboration with Ruth M. Underhill Ph.D. Professor Emeritus University of Denver, Nicholas Dancy and Robert Longini. It will appear condescending to a modern audience. The film intends to show the livelihood of Native Americans living in reservations and those moving on to the cities, and shows some so-called Indian schools. The film is a demonstration of different occupations Native Americans pursued. Native Americans dressed in festive clothes, singing and performing ceremonial dance in front of a live audience (0:20). Some tourists are seen in the audience that come to watch the performance (0:48). The dance continues with special footage of the feet movements (0:57). The same scene of the dance from the POV of the audience (1:22). The performers taking off their traditional costumes and storing them in a car trunk as it departs (1:35). Hills with scattered trees in San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona (2:07). Grazing animals and a two horseback riding shepherds (2:14). Manager of the tribal herd on a horseback whose name is George Andrews (2:39) and his house (3:17). George Andrews’ family around the dining table (3:21). The older woman having soup (3:31) and the young girl drinking milk (3:41). The family in the trading post which is the general store (3:55). Customers checking out fabrics, saddles, vases, and other goods of the store and (4:03). The cashier measuring the fabric using a fabric measurement machine (4:09). Andrews carrying the goods to the small truck (4:28) while the grandmother is serving the kids some beverages (4:32). Four men and a woman sitting under the American flag which might be the meeting of the Apache tribal council (4:54). Council deciding on the sale of land by examining a map (5:09). Council adjourned and the participants disperse (6:06). Agency Office of the Apache reservation “Office of Indian Affairs” building with three people sitting in front of it (6:19). Native American bureaucrats busy with office work as a man walks in (6:26). Man recording information of a woman regarding land sale (6:45). A copywriter keeping the records at the agency (7:03). Men and women casting vote in the election polls (7:10). A map of the United States marking the reservations for the Native Americans in red and green (7:27). Close up of the map for western coast of the US demonstrating most of the Native American population (7:40). A farmer belonging to the Sioux tribe driving the tractor around the field in South Dakota (7:54). Native American hanging meat on a stick next to their tent (8:14). A hunter riding a horse (8:20) targeting the buffalo (8:28). A wooden with half ceiling house (8:46). Farmer on his tractor checking out the corn fields in New York state (9:00). A young man catching frogs to sell frog’s legs (9:22). A woman with her kids tailoring skirts for tourists along highway (9:41). Jeweller who belongs to the Zuni, a Southwest tribe, welding objects (9:51) to create bracelets, rings and earrings (10:04). Navajo tribe shepherds and grazing sheep (10:09). A woman carting and spinning wool thread by hand (10:23) and another weaving wool rugs (10:27). A Native American man employing sawmills for cut timber (10:42). Construction workers (10:54), painters (11:06). A pink train leaving a train station (11:14). A woman with “Travellers’ Aid” written on her short sleeve welcoming a Native American family to a city (11:21). Native American family settling in their house in a bigger city (11:48). “Graham School” building as a Native American mother admits her children (11:55). Native American mechanic fixing a car at a garage (12:06). Two friends having a drink (12:18). A man watering the garden as the children swing back and forth on the swing. (12:35). Young adults walking around a school campus (12:43). The entrance to Santa Fe Indian School (12:56). A group of Native American children sitting around desk and benches in a classroom (13:06). Chemistry lab (13:13). A young man learning how to use a tractor (13:26). Boys learning a trade with different equipment (13:36). Some girls learning trades with fabric in “home economics” major (13:46) and others cooking in a kitchen (13:51). Young man watches the man paint (14:00). Native American artists’ paintings (14:15). A man riding a horse (14:27). An old man peeling corn (14:45). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com i