San Angelo Rodeo Parade (1969) - The KCTV News Collection

Duration: 235

Year Published: 1969

Sound: silent

Description: This silent news footage for KCTV (now KLST-TV) captures scenes from the 1969 San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo parade through the town center. Marching bands join floats from the San Angelo Jaycees, Boy Scout troops, and riders on horseback. Please note: This film depicts children wearing traditional Native American dress. The Texas Archive of the Moving Image does not condone the appropriation of Native American culture, but presents the film as it was originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as to claim this behavior never existed. Cultural appropriation involves the adoption of elements of a minority culture by members of a dominant culture without consent. These elements are often trivialized or used outside of their original cultural context, resulting in the loss or distortion of their true meaning. In some instances, cultural appropriation is considered not only disrespectful and offensive but also a form of desecration. Feathered headdresses, for example, bear spiritual and ceremonial significance in Native American culture, with only certain tribal members earning the right to wear them.