SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOL IN NEW MEXICO Part 8

Description

Documentary: About a government school for North American Indians. Reel 1: Shows landscape. St. Francis Cathedral, and the government school. Students learn carpentry and academic subjects. Closeups of parts of mural, on classroom wall, which depicts phases of Indian life. Reel 2: Navajo silversmith teaches students, whose work is shown close up. Students sell their crafts in school display room. Indoor sports and gymnastics. Students in cafeteria. Reel 3: Girls use modern looms in ancient Indian weaving craft. Closeups of weaving process on a ceremonial belt which girl models. Reel 4: Closeups of process of art students' subjects from sketches to finished work. Outdoor exhibition of several costumed tribal dances.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups