The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
90% of the Navajo people live bellow the poverty level. This film offers a contemporary view of life on the Navajo reservation and focuses upon the development of industries on the reservation. (American Indians, Native Americans, First Nations)
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.
The Native Americans: Navajo-- Race for Prosperity
Sign for the Navajo Nation Tribal Headquarters. LS of the building. CU of the Window Rock rock formation, pull back. MS of man talking about economic planning for the tribe.