North American Indians Today
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.6
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content: Matanuska-Susitna School District educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 900 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film is a short version of "The New Indians" that presents ways in which American Indians are maintaining and reviving traditions and teaching their own history. Shown are young American Indians from Chicago learning about thier cultural heritage at an American Indian ecumenical conference in Alberta, Canada; a Kwakiutl chief teaching dances and ceremonies once suppressed by the Canadian Government; a young Navajo attorney defending against the threatened loss of Navajo land and water rights and a young Miccosukee artist using art and song to promote the identity of his people.