The Last of the Cuiva (Disappearing World season 1, episode 2) (1971)
Title
The Last of the Cuiva (Disappearing World season 1, episode 2) (1971)
Subject
Indigenous peoples
URL
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Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/last-of-the-cuiva-disappearing-world/oclc/865199253) :
This is the story of the last 600 of the dying Cuiva tribe in southeastern Colombia, for the most part still living a Stone Age existence as naked hunters and gatherers. The film focuses on changes in their culture and society, brought about through contact with Colombian settlers. We see two contrasting groups of Cuiva: The first is relatively isolated and lives the traditional nomadic life, as the men hunt and fish and the women gather. The second group has been drawn into the Colombian economy, working occasionally for the ranchers in order to earn money and buy trade goods. The Cuiva seem to be living the present-day role of the North American Indians of 150 years ago: driven off their hunting grounds by the cowboys, massacred if they insist on fighting for their homes.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Photocopied pages from Anthroquest magazine, small clipping with program description. Handwritten notes on folder: "(Colombia: Dance 717) Dance, Procession, Cockfight."
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This is the story of the last 600 of the dying Cuiva tribe in southeastern Colombia, for the most part still living a Stone Age existence as naked hunters and gatherers. The film focuses on changes in their culture and society, brought about through contact with Colombian settlers. We see two contrasting groups of Cuiva: The first is relatively isolated and lives the traditional nomadic life, as the men hunt and fish and the women gather. The second group has been drawn into the Colombian economy, working occasionally for the ranchers in order to earn money and buy trade goods. The Cuiva seem to be living the present-day role of the North American Indians of 150 years ago: driven off their hunting grounds by the cowboys, massacred if they insist on fighting for their homes.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Photocopied pages from Anthroquest magazine, small clipping with program description. Handwritten notes on folder: "(Colombia: Dance 717) Dance, Procession, Cockfight."
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
Brian Moser (director)
Publisher
Granada Television
Date
1971 June 8
Citation
“The Last of the Cuiva (Disappearing World season 1, episode 2) (1971),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/554.