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New Tribes Mission / a Documentary Educational Resources Production ; a film by Timothy Asch and Napoleon A. Chagnon.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Yanomamo series
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- South American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- New Tribes Mission.
- Yanomamo Indians.
- Yanomamo Indians--Social life and customs.
- Yanomamo Indians--Missions.
- Indians of South America--Social life and customs.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Missions.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (12 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Yanomamo, English, with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Dedicated members of the New Tribes Mission attempt to teach the children of Bisaasi-teri the Christian way of life. The missionaries describe their philosophy and methods for acculturating the Yanomamo to Western ways and Christianity.
- Credits:
- Producer, director, Timothy Asch and Napoleon A. Chagnon.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Feb. 13, 2012).
- "A film about the Yanomamö Indians near the headwaters of the Orinoco River in Southern Venezuela, 1971"--title screen.
- Originally filmed in 1971 and released as a motion picture in 1975.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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