They Promised To Take Our Land

Looks at the exploitation of Indian resources. Presents members of various tribes who discuss how their people have lost land to government encroachments. Notes the conflict of interest created by charging a single government agency with responsibility for both Indian affairs and the development of natural resources.

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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  2. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — sound, catalog record