Footage taken Howard J. Hawthorne, a Navajo, of various North American southwest and Mexican scenes including Gallup Ceremonials (1941, 1942, 1952, 1953); Navajo Fair and rodeo (1952); sheep herding, skinning and slaughtering (1941); Canyon de Chelly (1946); Lee Ferry Country and Grand Canyon (1950); bodies of two dead indians possibly in Mexico (1941); Mexico City (1941); and Painted Desert and Hard Rock Mountain (ca. 1953). Footage possibly includes Bert Pausma (uncertain spelling), a self-appointed evangelist, lecturing a group of Navajo.
Legacy keywords: Parade ; Dance ; Rodeos ; Ceremonies North America ; Animal husbandry Navajo United States ; Landscapes ; Canyons Arizona
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Provenance:
Donated by Barbara Overby, Verna Mae Wilson and E. E. "Skip" Benson, in honor of Howard J. Hawthorne, in 1999.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
