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Homage to the Yaghans [electronic resource] : the last Indians of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn / CNRS audiovisuel ; a film by Anne Chapman ; script and direction, Anne Chapman ; producers, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Anne Chapman.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Ethnographic video online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Button, Jemmy, d. 1864.
- Button, Jemmy.
- Beagle Expedition (1831-1836).
- Beagle Expedition.
- Yahgan Indians.
- Fuegians.
- Genre:
- Ethnographic films.
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video (40 min.) : sd., col.
- Other Title:
- Last Indians of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1990.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This documentary is about the destruction of one of the world's most interesting cultures, the Yahgan of the antipodes. The film focuses on the personality and life of a Yahgan called "Jemmy Button" who was taken to England in 1831 and returned to his homeland two years later during Captain Robert Fitzroy's second expedition, in the company of Charles Darwin.
- Participant:
- Peter Fernandez.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Ethnographic video online, viewed on Nov. 1, 2011).
- Previously released on DVD.
- Recorded in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, South America, Cape Horn, and Chile.
- 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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