The native Americans
By: Cromwell Productions/Eagle Rock Entertainment
Contributors: Tovell, Vanessa; Mulphin, Sophie; Mahon, Penny; Eagle Rock Entertainment; Cromwell Productions; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Ancient civilizations; HIS 431 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Indians of North America; Civilization
Description: This program explores the many similarities among tribal nations, including a profound respect for nature, myth, and tradition; matriarchal governance; a communal lifestyle; a belief in an afterlife; and the use of pictographs, symbols, and patterns rather than an alphabet-based language. Also featured are brief scenes of re-created warfare.
Notes: Videodisc release of the 1997 production.

Written by Sophie Mulphin ; camera, Jeremy Freeston, Tim Jones ; expert analysis Patrick Hill, Ken Hamilton ; editors, Bob Rootes, Chris Gormlie ; producer, Vanessa Tovell ; director, Bob Carruthers.

Narrated by Penny Mahon.

DVD.