APACHE, NAVAJO & HOPI INDIANS TRAVELOGUE MOVIE "TALES OF THE RED FEATHER" NATIVE AMERICANS 68284

This late 1960s color travelogue film provides highlights of the Apache, Navajo, and Hopi Indians keeping ancient traditions. It is narrated by Jack Douglas as part of the America! Television series, produced and photographed by Joseph Meagher. Buffalo roam on a plain. The Grand Canyon and lakes with mountain reflections are panned. Goats and sheep are herded in the shadows of oil derricks with flames of excess gas burning at the top. The Hoover Dam is shown (1:13-2:50). The remains of Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico is shown, including an artist’s rendering of its original appearance. Pueblos are shown in Taos (3:00-3:50). A group of colorfully-dressed Navajo women play a stick game outside a hogan. A Navajo baby is swaddled onto a cradle board (3:51-5:15). A Navajo man puts logs on a fire to heat stones for a sweat lodge. He places the stones inside the specially-built miniature hogan. Blankets over the doorway keep the heat in. The man disrobes down to a loin cloth and enters. After emerging, he covers himself with dirt by rolling in it (5:16-7:25). Goldwater’s Department Store in Phoenix had a large display of Hopi Kachina dolls. A Hopi man wearing traditional headgear and a beaded turquoise necklace hand-saws wood to create the Kachina doll shape before hand-carving it. To paint it, he fashions a paint brush out of a dried yucca leaf. A large Kachina decorated with feathers is put out to bring rain to the corn. A rain storm arrives (7:26-10:00). The Scottsdale Parada del Sol features marching bands, Indians in headdresses riding horses, people in stagecoaches, and floats (10:10-10:55). The Navajo Tribal Fair includes rodeos and 4-H sheep judging (10:57-11:55). The Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial includes a parade of Indians of different tribes in traditional clothing, including Zuni women. The stadium hosts rodeos and games of stickball. Dances include the Deer Dance and shadow figures in front of a campfire (11:56-12:55). The Southwest Museum of the American Indian includes an authentic Blackfoot Indian teepee decorated in pictures. Mannequins wear Plains Indians garments. A shirt is heavily decorated with elk teeth. Knives, hatchets, a peace pipe, and beaded bags are shown. The museum has an art collection of Indian paintings, including Sitting Bull. His 1861 Winchester is in the museum (12:57-15:05). An Indian woman makes corn beads from scratch. She uses crepe paper to dye the kernels red. She then strings them to make necklaces, which she sells at the Santo Domingo Indian Trading Post for $1 (15:06-16:42). Mission of San Luis Rey, Pala Mission, and Mission San Antonio de Padua grounds are shown, including a shrine. A nun teaches a classroom of Cupeno Indian students (16:44-18:53). A view of Monument Valley is shown from a plane, followed by earlier clips (18:54-19:50). The Laubins sit outside a decorated teepee. They document the “Ancient Indian Dances” by performing them. A Grass (Omaha) Dance is shown using traditional costumes, drums, and music (19:51-22:58). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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