The American Indian: Child Life (1933, silent)

Description:

Description: Content warning: This film contains racist depictions and descriptions of Indigenous people, with title cards narrating a white settler colonialist and paternalistic point of view.

"Documentary: Shows Hopi and Sioux children playing, dancing, working, and attending Protestant mission church and Government schools. Sioux children play with animals. White and Indian boy scouts learn each other's ways." (from National Archives catalog record: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/94817 accessed 6/12/23)

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1930s; Youth; Children; Indigenous people; Animals; Crafts; Indigenous history and culture; Settler Colonialism; Racism

Tags: horseback riding; tipis; Indigenous dancing; babies in cradleboards; baby carriers; toddlers; children playing with toy trucks; jackknives; doll cradles; mesa dwellings; Indigenous architecture; drumming; children dancing; prairie dogs; domesticating wild animals; wagons; corn husks; watermelons; children lined up in schoolyard; children entering school; football; tumbling; fire making; flint; fire striker; lassoing; lariat; beadwork; braiding lanyard; children studying catechism; children praying in church pews; religion; child with a burro and baby goats; child feeding chickens; children working; child labor; coil pots; painting pottery; assimilation; puppy; kitten; skunk; beading; crafts;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Harmon Foundation

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1933

Geographical Location: USA; Arizona

Genre/Form: educational, documentary

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: reduction print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: circle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 393

Complete Record: Description: Content warning: This film contains racist depictions and descriptions of Indigenous people, with title cards narrating a white settler colonialist and paternalistic point of view. "Documentary: Shows Hopi and Sioux children playing, dancing, working, and attending Protestant mission church and Government schools. Sioux children play with animals. White and Indian boy scouts learn each other's ways." (from National Archives catalog record: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/94817 accessed 6/12/23) Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1930s; Youth; Children; Indigenous people; Animals; Crafts; Indigenous history and culture; Settler Colonialism; Racism Tags: horseback riding; tipis; Indigenous dancing; babies in cradleboards; baby carriers; toddlers; children playing with toy trucks; jackknives; doll cradles; mesa dwellings; Indigenous architecture; drumming; children dancing; prairie dogs; domesticating wild animals; wagons; corn husks; watermelons; children lined up in schoolyard; children entering school; football; tumbling; fire making; flint; fire striker; lassoing; lariat; beadwork; braiding lanyard; children studying catechism; children praying in church pews; religion; child with a burro and baby goats; child feeding chickens; children working; child labor; coil pots; painting pottery; assimilation; puppy; kitten; skunk; beading; crafts; Film Sponsor: Creator: Harmon Foundation Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Mogull Bros. Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1933 Geographical Location: USA; Arizona Genre/Form: educational, documentary Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reduction print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 393