The Vanishing Indian
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1977.5.1
name: label: Creator
content: Sioux Super Films
label: Names
content: Aguilar, Susana Martinez, 1876-1947
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: New Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Dance
creator: label: Creator
content: Sioux Super Films
culture: label: Culture
content: Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)
label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Culture
content: Taos Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Tesuque Pueblo
label: Culture
content: K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)
label: Culture
content: Apache
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (15 minutes, black-and-white silent, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1977.05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Incomplete edited film or films from the 1920s educational film series "The Vanishing Indian" produced by Sioux Super Films. Contents include scenes from an Oglala council meeting, a Navajo wedding and shots of hogans, Apache dwellings known as wick-i-ups, pottery making at San Ildefonso Pueblo, dance performance at Taos Pueblo, and shots of dwellings at Zuni, Tesuque, Taos, and Santa Clara pueblos. Footage includes the theatrical trailer promoting the series.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Identical and different footage from this series held by the Library of Congress.