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The Native Americans: Indian Country
Traveling shot, row of single family homes. MS of Native American man, representative of the Seminole Nation, talking to the camera. MS of Ernie Stevens, Indian representative to US government. B-roll shot of Washington DC.
The Native Americans: Indian Country
Child walking down a deserted road. CU of a drum. Drum circle singing. Pan to dancers in the dance ground. Quick shot of fancy dancer. Announcer states that they are now doing to have a Honor dance in memory of a tribe member who died in Vietnam, others are asked to join. Man collecting monetary donations for the give-away. Names are announced & items are given away to those who were friends of the deceased. Tribal princess placed folded money in her hand which she passes to others as they shake her hand. CU of hands.
Governor Ronald Reagan
MS/CUs Governor of California RONALD REAGAN wearing white suit & red tie, standing with race track representative wielding tinted sunglasses & walkie-talkie on racetrack during National 500 Stock Car Race; youthful Governor Ronald Reagan & racetrack representative watch race; nice CU Mr Reagan smiling, squinting.
John Wayne & Barry Goldwater at Ontario Speedway
Tilt down TLS facade & sign of Ontario Motor Speedway Victory Circle Club. Great MS legs of race fans walking toward camera; zoom out to TLS crowd, fans walking along walkway. Great panning MS actor JOHN WAYNE walking with track attendant, mingling with crowd ambling toward racetrack; "The Duke" John Wayne shakes hands, walks toward camera, smiles & waves, as he passes by. Panning MS Senator BARRY GOLDWATER (R-AZ) wearing dark plaid business suit & thick rimmed glasses & walking with white man who resembles a cross between race car driver Lee Roy Yarbrough & wrestler Jerry Lawler. CU Senator Barry Goldwater talking with crowd.
The Native Americans: Indian Country
LS of a green open landscape. Pan to a new building for the Bureau of Indian of Indian Affairs (BIA). MS of some tribal members involved w/ the construction of the new building. Various people relaxing on chairs near the dance grounds. Children playing.
The Native Americans: Indian Country
Superintendent of Schools for Blackfeet reservation at his desk. Still photos. Voice over describes the tragedy of the boarding school era. Native American camp ground, several tipis. Children play. Child wearing regalia. MS of Superintendent. Pan across Choctaw reservation high school. MS of school principal. (education)
The Native Americans: Indian Country
Pan across a drawing. Nursery school children in a classroom, sitting around a large table. All of them are Native American (Indian school, education).
The Native Americans: Indian Country
LS of a beautiful green field, filled w/ yellow wild flowers, Arizona. CU of Hopi katchina dolls (katsinam, kachina). Hopi painting.
The Native Americans: Indian Country
MS Prof. from University of California talking about religion among Native Americans.
The Native Americans: Indian Country
Man closes the door of the sweat lodge. Prayer ties outside of the sweat lodge. Dancers at a powwow, fancy dancing. Group of women dancing, traditional dancing. Hoop dance. MS of man talking to camera.
Interview with Bruce Walkup
CU/MSs race car driver BRUCE WALKUP being interviewed by off-screen reporter. Bruce Walkup wears Firestone & Wynn's race car driver's jumpsuit & Bell snap-brim cap. CU "Bruce Walkup" embroidered on jumpsuit.
Bobby Darrin
Zooming (out) MS musician BOBBY DARIN standing before microphone on stage during rehearsal, acoustic guitar with capo slung around body. MS shadow on wall, pan right to Bobby Darin talking on stage. MS/CUs attractive young white woman with long blond hair & wearing very revealing fringe dress-- might be a show dancer. Zooming (out & in) MS Bobby Darin (wearing blue suit) singing during performance. TLS Bobby Darin receiving applause from studio audience.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Drawing of a tipi (teepee), buffalo, & warrior w/ a full feather headdress. Drawing of train & urban landscape.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
LS of desert landscape in the Southwestern United States (Death Valley?). More LS of the landscape. 2 people riding a horse. Aerial shot of the grand canyon.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Graphic map of the United States, indicating Navajo reservation. MS of a man talking to camera about the Navajo way of life. Shots of sheep grazing. Broken pieces of farm equipment on the reservation. Shots of a reservation ranch. Rows of corn growing. Small town, men lean on their trucks as a freight train goes by. More shots of Navajo people in an urban environment.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
MS of a economic planner talking about the possible future for the Navajo reservation. 2 Navajo women leaving a grocery store. People putting groceries in their car. Navajo families in their cars & going in & out of shops.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Aerial shot of Canyon de Chelly. More LS of Canyon de Chelly. Petroglyph (drawing) on the side of a cliff. CU of a cactus. Pan up to cliff dwelling homes of the Anazai. Tradition Navajo dwellings (homes) called hogans. CU of native plants. Women harvesting corn. Woman & child tend the fire.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Portrait of Colonel Kit Carson. Birds flying across the dark sky. Wind blowing across a barren landscape. Several shots of hogans (traditional houses). LS of Canyon de Chelly. Several horses.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Graphic map of Canyon de Chelly region. Line from Fort Defiance to Bosque Redondo, the trail taken by the Navajo expelled from Canyon de Chelly by Kit Carson. Still photos of the Navajo refugees.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Graphic map outlining the Navajo reservation. Showing the growth of the reservation.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
MS of sheep grazing. 3 people in traditional Navajo dress. CU of silver & turquoise jewelry. Women weaving at a traditional loom. CU of weaving. (traditional crafts). CU of weaving patterns. University of New Mexico Professor talks about the history of Navajo weaving.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
CU of a bell, pull back to trading post building. Trader, Bill Young, talks about how they operated on the barter system. A rug was used as payment for groceries. Several woman inside a store. Trader shows a rug to a potential buyer. CU of rug. MS of trader. More shots of man looking at rugs inside the store.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Billboards advertising stores that sell cheap Navajo craft to tourists. Signs & logos for different stores. Building on the Navajo reservation, a place where Navajo can sell their items directly to the public without a middleman. CU of a beautiful bowl. Pull back to a woman counting money from the sale of the pot. One man teaching another how to make the jewelry sold in the shop. MS of store manager talking about the success of the store. CU of man doing silver work (silversmith, metal work). CU of woman weaving on a loom. Shots of completed weaving. CU of hands writing. MS of women recording all of the material in the storeroom.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Political poster on the side of a building. A campaign ad for a man running for tribal council. Tribal council meeting. Navajo Tribal chairman, Peter McDonald talks to camera. He talks about economic development. Graphic map of the reservation, natural resources are highlighted. Mining industries on the reservation land.