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Indians of North America: Cheyenne
The Cheyenne were initially agricultural villagers, then moved from the area surrounding the Great Lakes to the north and central plains. The Cheyenne became skilled in breeding, riding and taming horses. They were also a deeply religious group, building sweat lodges in which to pray and cleanse their souls. In 1859, the Northern Cheyenne signed a treaty in return for a reservation in southeastern Wyoming and yearly cash payments. Present day Cheyenne students have larned about the importance of keeping their heritage alive.
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Hopi Indian Arts and Crafts (Revised)
Long before the Spaniards come in the sixteenth century, the Hopi Indians were creating beautiful handcrafts. Today their colorful products go mainly to the tourist trade. We watch traditional skills as the Hopi work at weaving, basket making, silversmithing and ceramics to fashion articles for sale in their cooperative store.
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On The Totem Trail
A school assignment about Indians for two students Isaac and Noli helps them discover the rich heritage of the Pacific Northwest Tribes. Isaac is an Indian, but he's lived all his life in the city and has learned little about his ancestors. He gains a new perspective of his heritage while visiting an Indian museum, a working artist, and village.
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Indians of North America: Apache
Television and the movies created the idea of the "mean Apache," an image that was completely untrue. The Apache nomads who were spread over a wide area of North America. The Apache lived off the land and traveled by foot until Europeans arrived and brought horses. The current generation of Apaches are dealing with problems such as alcoholism and unemployment and many are turning back to the old values - the strength of family and the importance of living in harmony with the environment.
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Indians of North America: Cherokee
The Cherokee ruled a homeland located in and around the southern Appalachian Mountains, where they established farming villages. There the Principal People--as the Cherokee called themselfes--expertly cultivated corn and stalked wild game. 1819 the US government had appropriated the major portion of the ancestrial lands and by 1839 federal authorities had succeeded in relocating all but 1000 Cherokee into Indian Territory in Oklahoma.
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Seasons of the Navajo
Story of a contemporary Navajo family and their place in the environment. Describes traditions and lifestyles during the seasons of the year.
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Indians of North America: Navajo
In the Navajo story of creation, the world we live in is just one in a series through which all life is passing. The current world began covered with water. When land finally arose, four sacred mountains marked the boundaries of Navajo country. The Navajo called themselves Dine, meaning "the People," and settled in what is now the American Southwest. A tribe of humters, they learned how to grow corn from the Pueble tribe and soon became successful farmers. The Spanish brought livestock, and they became shepherds.
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Indians of North America: Seminole
The Seminole Indians lived in the areas now called Alabama and Geogria before European exploration and settlement disrupted Seminole life. They migrated south to the Florida area where they had to adapt to an entirely new way of life. The Indian Removal Act of 1930 required that all eastern Indians be moved west of teh Mississippi. The Seminole resisted, resulting in the Seminole War. The 1887 Allotment Act, giving each man his own land, was an attempt to break up bands and strengthen families.
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Indians of North America: Yankton Sioux
The Yankton Sioux were hunting and gathering tribe that lived in the midwestern U.S. A deeply religious tribe that strove for spiritual wisdom, the Yankton Sioux considered it an honor to share their resources with the others in the tribe. It is no wonder that when the European arrived, this tribe remained peaceful and helped them survive in a foreign land.
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Matter of Fact, A - Trail of Tears
Focuses on the Indian's struggle to maintain his identity and his heritage by following the forced exodus of the Cherokees from their homeland to the West.
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More Than Bows and Arrows
Long before the first Europeans reached North America, generations of Native American Indians had flourished and developed a proud heritage. Journey into the past and learn about these magnificant people - see the profound impact they had on the development of both the United States and Canada.
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Indians of the Northwest
The majestic world of America's Northwestern Indian comes to life in this portrait of a diverse people whose timeless contributions continue to enrich our lives.
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Indians of the Eastern Woodlands
The spirit of the Native American Indian lives again in this stirring program which reveals the marvels and wonders, the rituals and secrets of the majestic world of the Eastern Woodland Indians.
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Indians of the Southwest
The dignity and beauty of Native American culture is captured in this program which reveals powerful images of a majestic time in history. Viewers of all ages will savor this extraordinary journey.
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Nomadic Indians of the West
The distinguished world of the Plains Indians comes to life as age-old secrets and unexplained questions are examined. This enlightening portrait of a proud and noble people is riveting from start to finish. Travel to Bighorn Range to see the ancient Medicine Wheel, see how Indians of the Great Basin adapted, discover how the Indians used the stars to help navigate, and learn how the Plains Indians invented smoke signals to send messages over great distances.
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Thinkabout - 52. Communicating Effectively #3 - Making A Presentation
When Shannon moves to a new school some bigoted girls make fun of her. She polishes her oral presentation skills, wins the school speech contest, and shames the bigots with a speech on her pround Navajo heritage.
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Custer: The American Surge Westward
Depicts one of the most significant and famous battles in the United States history; the factors that made it inevitable and the man immortalized by it. The camera recaptures the conflict between two forces - General Custer and the American Indian at a time when history had made their respective roles obsolete.
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Odyssey: 04- Myths and the Moonbuilders
During the 1800's, many people believed that the huge earthen mounds scattered throughout the central United States were built by a "lost" civilization. We now know that they were the work of early American Indians, but archaeologists still have much to learn about them.
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Views Of A Vanishing Frontier
This film documents the historic journey of Prince Maximillian zu Wied, a German aristocrat, and the Swiss artist, Karl Bodmer, to the American West in 1832-34. Retraces the two-year expedition to the upper reaches of the Missouri River, and evokes the experience by using Bodmer's original paintings, extensive location photography, and the real words from Prince Maximilian's diary. Bodmer and Maximilian left an important legacy that is cherished by today's native Americans.
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Ghost Dance
On December 29th, 1890, Lakota Chief Big Foot and 300 of his people were massacred by the United States Army near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. Most of those killed were followers of the Ghost Dance religion which promised the return of the old way of life. When the bullets overtook Big Foot's band, their dancing ended, but the story of their journey and the dream they carried lives on with those who remember.
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North American Indian Legends
Legends of American Indians describe tribal traditions, explain natural events, and express values of the people.
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Power to Dream
Power to Dream traces Pennsylvania's energy development and use from the time of the native Indians through today and offers suggestions of what may be available by the next century.
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Navajo Indian (Revised)
One of the few Indian tribes still increasing in population, the Navajos have adopted from modern life only what is useful and fits into their traditional way of living. They continue their life as herdsmen, skilled weavers, and creative silversmiths.
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Reading Rainbow - Gift of the Sacred Dog, The
A folktale about a boy who brought the gift of horses to his people leads to a powwow at the Crow Fair in Montana and a special ceremony with the Old Elk Family. Narrated by Michael Ansara.
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Monument Valley: Home of the Navajo
Introduces viewers to the majestic beauty of Monument Valley and the mystical bond between the Navajo and their homeland; illustrates traditional Navajo crafts, customs, and ceremonies.
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Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations
Documents the Bigfoot Memorial Ride, in which 300 Lakota Sioux rode horseback for two weeks in sub-zero weather to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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Mountain Wolf Woman: 1884-1960
The life of an American Indian told in her own words (and narrated by her granddaughter, Naomi Russell); based on the book by anthropologist Nancy Oestreich Lurie. Included in this program is an authentic Winnebago wedding song, baskets, beads, ribbon applique, cranberry marshes, moccasins, wigwams, frybread, and scenes from a powwow.
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Native Americans
Native Americans focusing on customs and early life of the Powhatans, bridging to culture today.
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Medicine Fiddle
Explores an unusual hybrid of Native-American and European cultures - the fiddling, dancing, and mythology of Upper Great Lakes Native Americans, influenced by early explorers and settlers.
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Alaska's Killer Whales
The killer whale is the clan symbol for Indians in Alaska. They show concern because the whale is now the concern of the fishing industry, which is destroying the whale. The whale is studied from several perspectives including Sea World, Biologists and Marine Management Agencies.
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American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
It was said that Geronimo had magical powers. He could see into the future, walk without footprints and even hold off the dawn to protect his own. That is how this Apache Indian warrior led his band of 37 followers to defy federal authority for more than 25 years. In 1886, the US government mobilized 5,000 men to capture Geronimo. This video portrays 19th centure life in the southwest and highlights the clash of cultures and the wreching transformation of an Indian society faced with the loss of its land and traditions.
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West,The: 3) The Speck of the Future
Through firsthand accounts, students relieve the rush for gold and other opportunities in the West and how westward migrations affected Native Americans.
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West, The: 4) Death Runs Riot
Teach students about the impact of slavery and the Civil War in the West. Students learn about Bleeding Kansas", the "Gettysburg of the West", and how the end of the fighting brought on the beginning of the military campaign against Indians. Included are portrayals of individuals who resisted federal authority such as Brigham Young and Black Kettle."
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West, The: 6) Fight No More Forever
Witness the final subjugation of defiant Indian tribes and other holdouts to federal authority in the West. Included in this program are balanced, up-to-date portrayals of many of the most memorable characters from America's past, including George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Brigham Young and Chief Joseph.
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West, The: 8) Ghost Dance
Explain how mining and industrial expansion changed the West forever, while land rushes and assimilation efforts prolonged the tragedy for Native Americans. Through primary resource materials, students explore the West's promise of a better life and learn about a religious movement called the Ghost Dance that swept through dispirited Indiana reservations and culminated in the tragedy at Wounded Knee.
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West 1) The People
Experience the rich cultural diversity of Native American tribes and the impact that early white explorere had on their lives. Students will learn about the mysterious disappearances of the Anasazi culture and the successful Pueble revolt against their Spanish conquers. First person accounts bring to life the adventures of early explorere, from Cabeza de Vaca, the first white man to enter the West, to the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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West 2) Empire Among the Trails
From Mexican landowners in California to Native American tribes in the Black Hills, students discover various perspectives on territorial claims to the West ad the history of U.S. annexation. This segment explains how events, such as the Texas War of Independence, opened the door to U.S. annexation. Diary excerpts, letters and other primary resources vividly portray the experiences of early Oregon Trail settlers and the Mormons.
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Legends of the Wild, Wild West
The Wild West is a time in America's past that is riddled with folklore and myth. The legendary figures that arose from tese times have become true American icons: Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, Sitting Bull, Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane and more.
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