William Meggers films of American Indians
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1994.16.1
name: label: Creator
content: Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arizona
label: Place
content: Maryland
label: Place
content: Wisconsin
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the National Anthropological Archives in 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966
culture: label: Culture
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Menominee (Menomini)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (3 minutes, black-and-white silent; 77 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927-1931
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "William Meggers Footage of American Indians 1927, 1929, 1931."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1994.16
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 mostly concerns public dances and demonstrations by Blackfeet Indians who appeared in Maryland, Menominee on the Keshina Reservation, and Hopi at the El tovar Hotel near Grand Canyon.  Subject matter appears to be a powwow, or a public exhibition of Native American skills, including scenes of a parade on horseback, oxen pulling wagons, dancing, canoing, adults and children in native dress, and interaction with tourists.  

Legacy Keywords: Animals horses United States ; Animals on parade United States ; Animals oxen United States ; Celebrations powwows United States ; Exhibitions powwows United States ; Festivals powwows United States ; Adornment United States ; Costumes native dress United States ; Costumes headdresses United States ; Costumes feather United States ; Dancing United States ; Dwellings adobe United States ; Adobe housing United States ; Boats canoes United States ; Tourism tourists United States ; Hopi dance El Tovar Hotel

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