Seasons of a Navajo (1983)
Title
Seasons of a Navajo (1983)
Subject
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social life and customs
URL
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Description
Content description from WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/seasons-of-a-navajo/oclc/1039083791):
Shows one year in the life of an extended Navajo family on a southwestern reservation. Contrasts the traditional life with modern changes.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collection at Arizona State University. Four pages from Under Cover magazine with program description, article, and images. Handwritten on original folder: Really low-key-tends to be Tiring to watch. Values--livestock and land hold family together and make it strong. Frugal land-based, cannot support the economy. Many grandchildren move to Chinle and wage-earning jobs. Importance of corn pollen. Holy people symbolize thought & language- sing the world into being. Reenacted by Chauncey in the Sweat House. sing wish song in sweat house. Kinalda.
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Shows one year in the life of an extended Navajo family on a southwestern reservation. Contrasts the traditional life with modern changes.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collection at Arizona State University. Four pages from Under Cover magazine with program description, article, and images. Handwritten on original folder: Really low-key-tends to be Tiring to watch. Values--livestock and land hold family together and make it strong. Frugal land-based, cannot support the economy. Many grandchildren move to Chinle and wage-earning jobs. Importance of corn pollen. Holy people symbolize thought & language- sing the world into being. Reenacted by Chauncey in the Sweat House. sing wish song in sweat house. Kinalda.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Will Lyman (narrator)
Chauncey Neboyia and Dorothy Neboyia (themselves)
John Borden (director, producer, and photographer)
Publisher
Peace River Films
Date
1983 (released)
1985 April 10 (aired)
Citation
“Seasons of a Navajo (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/308.