Navajo Journey
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1996.2.1
name: label: Creator
content: Colby, John R.
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arizona
topic: label: Occupation
content: Silversmiths
label: Topic
content: Rodeos
label: Topic
content: Traditional farming
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from John R. Colby in 1996.
creator: label: Creator
content: Colby, John R.
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (20 minutes, color sound; 720 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1952
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1996.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Sound films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film describes life on the Navajo Reservation. Scenes include women weaving, grinding corn and caring for children (baby is bound into cradle board) and men herding, hoeing corn, silversmithing, and washing and binding their hair. Also shows Navajo Rodeo (encampments, stinger and bronco riding, wild cow milking and horse racing), trading post at entrance to Monument Valley (exchanging rug for goods), Ganado Mission, workers in uranium mine and scenic views of Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly.  Efforts to deal with lack of water is discussed in narration.  Sound track is narration and music.

Legacy keywords: Animals sheep cows horses Arizona ; Weaving spindles Arizona ; Agriculture Navajo Arizona ; Silversmithing Navajo Arizona ; Children Navajo Arizona ; Colburn Colby

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