16mm Filmography
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The Six Nations

Discusses the Iroquois League, a federation consisting of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Cayuga and Tuscarora tribes. Shows how these tribes consider themselves to be a sovereign, independent nation and reject the American way of life in favor of a self-sufficient existence on their own land. Focuses on the Seneca Nation which owns valuable property. Presents the President of the Seneca Nation and the mayor of a white community which leases its land from the Seneca nation, discussing the various aspects of Indian and white coexistence.

More in Native Americans Series

  1. Navajo, Race For Prosperity
  2. Potlatch People
  3. Pueblo Renaissance
  4. The Six Nations
  5. They Promised To Take Our Land
  6. Trail Of Broken Treaties

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Sources

  1. A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, creator, length, format, description
  2. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — sound, catalog record

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