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Rebuilding Indian country.

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Format:
Government document
Video
Contributor:
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.).
Indians of North America--Relocation--United States.
Indians of North America.
Indian reservations--United States.
Indian reservations.
Indians of North America--Relocation.
United States.
Genre:
documentary film.
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Short films
Documentary films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : sound, black and white
Place of Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : National Archives and Records Administration, [1933]
Summary:
Reel 1, maps show the origin and history of the American Indian. Modern Indians work in Wisconsin's lumber industry, keep watch for forest fires, and clear bushes in the forest. Includes a close-up of a Delaware Indian treaty. Reel 2, Chippewa Indians make fishnets. Indians work on roads with tractors, picks, and shovels, stand in line at a field kitchen, engage in native handicrafts, and spear salmon on the Columbia River. Pima Indians farm. Shows an Indian Emergency Conservation camp. Indian children attend church in Arizona. Reel 3, Indians operate a sawmill, brand cattle, haul wood in horse-drawn carts, construct a reservoir, and build a house. Includes views of Navaho Indians and their sheep. Reel 4, Indian women make gloves, belts, baskets, beadwork, and rugs. Indians can food in a cannery. Indian youths attend a class in first aid. Includes views of Indian fairs, ceremonies, dances, and rodeos; Indian children in schools; and hospitals and churches.
Notes:
Title from title screen (viewed May 12, 2006).
OCLC:
68725379

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