Indian family of long ago - buffalo hunters of the plains

Duration: 13

Genre: Children's | Educational | Ethnographic | Historical

Year Published: 1961

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Recreation, camp activity, and games of Plains Indian life 200 years ago., Tells the story of the Sioux Indian buffalo hunters who roamed the great western plains of the United States more than 200 years ago. Shows Red Horn and his family as they join the rest of their tribe which is preparing for the first big buffalo hunt of the season. Depicts the men hunting buffalo and the women putting up teepees, cooking, and making clothing as the children play games. Pictures the women cutting up the meat and hanging it on poles to dry. Discusses how the men educate the boys and the women instruct the girls in their needed skills. Recreates life of Plains Indians of 200 years ago. Showing members of a Sioux family on the march with horses and travois, putting up their tepee, camp activity and games, and a buffalo hunt. Recreation, camp activity, and games of Plains Indian life 200 years ago.

Complete Record: Recreation, camp activity, and games of Plains Indian life 200 years ago., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.