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Human Studies Film Archives
The Vanishing Indian, circa 1920
Summary
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1977.05
- Creators:
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Sioux Super Films
- Dates:
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circa 1920
- Languages:
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Moving image materials are silent; intertitles are in English
- Physical Description:
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1 Film reel15 minutesblack-and-white silent35mm
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Incomplete edited film or films from the 1920s educational film series "The Vanishing Indian" produced by Sioux Super Films. Contents include scenes from an Oglala council meeting, a Navajo wedding and shots of hogans, Apache dwellings known as wick-i-ups, pottery making at San Ildefonso Pueblo, dance performance at Taos Pueblo, and shots of dwellings at Zuni, Tesuque, Taos, and Santa Clara pueblos. Footage includes the theatrical trailer promoting the series.
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Cataloging supported by Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee
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The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Preferred Citation
The Vanishing Indian, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Related Materials
Related Materials
Identical and different footage from this series held by the Library of Congress.
More Information
Local Number
Local Number
HSFA 1977.5.1
Keywords
Human Studies Film Archives
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