Grace Stansbury film of Gallup Ceremonial
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1992.5.1
name: label: Creator
content: Stansbury, Grace
place: label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: New Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Barbara B. Kratz in 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Stansbury, Grace
culture: label: Culture
content: Pueblo
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Grace Stansbury was a librarian.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, color silent; 374 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1939
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Grace Stansbury's Footage of Gallup Ceremonial ca. 1939."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1992.05
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 shot of the Gallup Ceremonial in Gallup, New Mexico and various archeological sites. Footage of the ceremonial includes a parade in town including American Indians from Zuni, Hopi, Santa Clara, and Laguna Pueblos. Various activities shown on the fairground include dances such as the Apache Mountain Spirit or Devil Dance, rodeo-style riding of steers and horses, horse racing, and women's and men's tug-o-war. Other footage includes the archeological sites of Chaco Canyon, Frijoles Canyon, Puye (ancestral home of the Santa Clara Pueblo), and American Indians selling wares to tourists.

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