Footage of the Gallup Ceremonial
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.14.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Wrather, William Embry, 1883-1963
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content: William Wrather films of the Southwestern United States
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (35 minutes, black-and-white color silent; 965 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1926-1932
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot of the annual ceremonial held in Gallup, New Mexico. Included are shots of Navajo, Pueblo, Apache, and Tewa parading through Gallup and around the fairgrounds on foot, on horseback and in wagons; American Indian band; dance performances at the fairgrounds including the Pueblo Eagle dance, Hopi Buffalo dance, Hopis performing the "Apache dance," an Evening Circle dance, and masked clowns; and rodeo activities such as foot and horse races, tug-o-war, and bow and arrow contests. Also included are shots of a Navajo encampment and herding goats, canyons, Mesa Verde, and Acoma.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Parade ; Dance ; Musical instruments ; Rodeos ; Horse racing ; Ceremony "indian ceremonial" Gallup, New Mexico