| THE LAST REFUGE - A TALE OF THE NAVAJO Item showing how the state of Arizona is helping the Navaho Indians re-establish themselves. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7212 |
| Catalog #: | 504369 | |
| Clip Number: | 504369-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 545 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:39 - 01:46:50 | |
| Location: | Arizona, United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ART: Ethnic / Cultural ART: Metal ART: Textiles CULTURAL GROUPS/NATIVE AMERICANS: Navajo (Dine, Dineh) CULTURAL GROUPS/NATIVE AMERICANS: Reservation CULTURAL GROUPS/NATIVE AMERICANS: Traditional Arts EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Elementary (Primary School) EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Vocational (Trade) FARMING: Irrigation FARMING: Livestock, Horses FARMING: Livestock, Sheep FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural FASHION: Jewelry, Misc HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Maternity, Pregnancy LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Arizona | |
| Description: | THE LAST REFUGE - A TALE OF THE NAVAJO Item showing how the state of Arizona is helping the Navaho Indians re-establish themselves Arizona, United States of America. Various good shots show life for American-Indians (Native American) of the Navajo tribe. Scenic shots of the rocky and barren countryside; American-Indians with bare chests act out horse herding as it would have been 100 years previously. We then see Indians of the same tribe in the present day (1940), herding sheep. We see a traditional Navajo dwelling (hogan), decorated inside with traditional woven blankets. Women wearing traditional clothes (long skirt & silver jewelry) sitting outside the hut weave blankets; a man sits polishing some hand-crafted jewelry. At technical colleges we see Navajo Indian women working at crafts "they can follow profitably when they finish their training" - weaving and embroidery. Young men are instructed in metalwork and woodwork, that "will make them useful members of the community". Children are taken to an elementary school in a rural area by their parents. (Reservation School) While the children learn to read and write (Navajo has no written language), their mothers use sewing machines and their fathers have haircuts and mend their boots. Several shots of a maternity ward in a hospital; babies in cots. In the desert we see sheep grazing on what little grass is there. Scrawny horses are herded along and into enclosures. Men work to construct reservoirs to irrigate the land to bring it back to fertility and make it suitable for farming. Farmers plough land. Sheep graze on grassy land. Commentator talks of the Indians' plight and of how the State is coming to their aid. Portions of the commentary promote stereotypes about Native Americans. | |
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