Edward Dixon Freeland film of Bison Round-up and Oglala Sioux Encampment
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1988.7.1
name: label: Creator
content: Freeland, Edward Dixon
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: South Dakota
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Beatrice B. Freeland and Phyllis Broyles in 1988.
creator: label: Creator
content: Freeland, Edward Dixon
culture: label: Culture
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (17 minutes, color silent; 288 feet, 8mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Bison Round-up and Oglala Sioux Encampment 1937."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1988.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota during the thirties. Footage records a bison round-up which was organized by park personnel for the Oglala Sioux. Also filmed are scenes of the Oglala Sioux encampment on park lands and butchering of bison.

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