RODMAN WANAMAKER EXPEDITION OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN, THE Part 1

Description

DOCUMENTARY: On declaration of allegiance to the U.S. and flag-raising ceremonies at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and Otoe Reservation, Oklahoma, led by Dr. Joseph Kossuth Dixon, Secy., National American Indian Memorial Association. Ceremonies by Oglala, Pine Ridge; several chiefs hold U.S. flag and bow to it, raise it on flagpole and sign declaration. Two Moons, leader of Northern Cheyenne against General Custer, kisses flag to indicate his allegiance. Members of Otoe, Missouri, Kaw, Ponca, Pawnee and Tonkawa tribes take part in dedication ceremony, Oklahoma. List of conditions under which Indians of North America feel that they will see "the new morning." Large flock of sheep and Indians on horseback superimposed to compare them. Indian Chief leads his tribe over the crest of a hill and along its ridge. Indian riders silhouetted against the sky.

Collection

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Series

Moving Images Documenting the Life and Culture of North American Indians