Native Americans welcome the railroad to their territory (1923)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Native Americans in war dress clamber aboard a train engine, smoke a peace pipe with the monks who bless the train, and then take a ride Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Civilization’s March: Red Indian Braves Welcome Railrod to Their Territory USA: EXT . MAIN TITLE (6ft) LV Front of train with Indians on it (13ft) MV (low angle) Top of train with Indian on it (18ft) MV Indians and white men (26ft) MV Pan white “priest“ christens train with water, Indian and white man smoke peace pipe (41ft) MV Indian starting train (52ft) Railways, Anthropology/Indigenous peoples, United States of America, Native Americans Indians, chief, railroad, traincar, ceremony, rite, christening, Background: Native Americans in war dress clamber aboard a train engine, smoke a peace pipe with the monks who bless the
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