NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES, TRIBAL FAIRS, POW WOWS, ARTS & HANDICRAFTS COMPILATION REEL 90674

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This reel of mixed 1940s-1960s black & white and color footage compiles various scenes of Native American life, showing mid-20th century indigeonous peoples in both casual and ceremonial dress, celebrating customs, and creating traditional handcrafted artwork (TRT 11:25). DISCLAIMER: While we have tried our best to show our sincere respect for the tribes depicted, the tribal affiliations provided below are educated estimates, and cannot be taken as definitive. We welcome and encourage corrections of the synopsis that follows: A pair of Hopi women lead a child along a path through a grassy flatland (0:08). A male/female couple drives a horse-drawn carriage down a paved road, surrounded by rocky outcroppings. The man, wearing a hat, cracks a whip and pulls the reins (0:16). In color, likely staged: A man in a red headscarf gestures to a seated man wearing a single
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