Camping Among the Indians
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the AMNH-Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest, 1927. The AMNH Woodcraft Indian trip was led by Ernest Thompson Seton, the author, and George Clyde Fisher (AMNH curator of visual instruction). The film depicts a variety of dances (the buffalo, hood, war, eagle, corn, deer and snowbird) performed by Indians of the Tesuque, Taos, Acoma and Santa Clara Pueblos. Fisher also filmed other activities of the local people during the trip, most notably an intertribal ceremony in Gallup, New Mexico, gathering the Tesuque, Comanche, Zuni, Apache, Hopi, Cochiti, Jicarilla, San Juan, Acoma, and Jemez.
Dates
- 1927
Creator
- Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest of the American Museum of Natural History (1927) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Not available through interlibrary loan. Contact AMNH Library Special Collections for terms of access.
Extent
1 Film Reel (22 minutes) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm.
1 Videocassette (U-Matic (22 minutes)) : silent, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
3/4 in., U-Matic, viewing copy
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 16mm film.
Creator
- Woodcraft Indian Trip to the Southwest of the American Museum of Natural History (1927) (Organization)
- Fisher, Clyde, 1878-1949 (Photographer, Person)
- Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 (Person)
- American Museum of Natural History (Organization)
- Title
- Camping Among the Indians, 1927
- Author
- Iris Lee
- Date
- 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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