Southwest Indians of Early America

Duration: 14

Year Published: 1973

Creator: Coronet Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: J. Lawrence Walkup

Copyright: Registered 2Jan73 · MP23782 (Jan-Jun 1973) Copyright holder: Coronet Instructional Materials, a division of Esquire, Inc

Description: Uses Indian actors, dioramas, and narration to help recreate what life might have been like about 800 years ago for the Hohokam and Anasazi Indians of northern Arizona and New Mexico. Depicts these ancestors of today's Hopi, Pima, and Papago Indians building pueblos and irrigating the desert to raise crops. Illustrates the complexity and sophistication of these ancient cultures through a study of their artifacts and the remains of their dwellings and canals., Uses Native American actors, dioramas, and narration to help recreate what life might have been like about 800 years ago for the Hohokam and Anasazi Native Americans of northern Arizona and New Mexico. Depicts these ancestors of today's Hopi, Pima, and Papago Native American building pueblos and irrigating the desert to raise crops. Illustrates the complexity and sophistication of these ancient cultures through a study of their artifacts and the remains of their dwellings and canals.

Complete Record: Uses Indian actors, dioramas, and narration to help recreate what life might have been like about 800 years ago for the Hohokam and Anasazi Indians of northern Arizona and New Mexico. Depicts these ancestors of today's Hopi, Pima, and Papago Indians building pueblos and irrigating the desert to raise crops. Illustrates the complexity and sophistication of these ancient cultures through a study of their artifacts and the remains of their dwellings and canals., How the early Indians of the Southwest met their needs through division of labor and the use of natural resources. Shows dwelling and remains of the ancestors of the Hopi, Pima, and Papago Indians that prospered a thousand years ago., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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