Supai* the Home of the Havasupai Indians
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.9.1
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Emerick, Richard G.
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content: Richard Emerick films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 831 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953
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: Edited film depicting a summer day in the life of a Havasupai family (Dan and Mabel Hanna) on the Havasupai Reservation in northern Arizona. Footage includes: scenic shots of Cataract Canyon including Navajo, Havasu, and Moony falls on Cataract (Havasu) Creek; subsistence practices including irrigation of and working in the fields, feeding horses, drying fruit, hauling drinking water, gathering firewood, and cooking of daily meals; men gathering at tribal owned store; Episcopal Chapel on reservation; bathing, washing clothes, and playing in the creek; kids playing; women gathering for card games; men preparing sweat bath; and preparing bedding for sleep. Emerick's narration discusses activities filmed such as Cataract Creek as the source for water, socializing at the store for men and at card games for women, difficulty of finding firewood, variety of crops, and importance of horses. He adds occasional observations on former practices.