The Ballad of Crowfoot

Series: Challenge for change

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1968

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Documents the events and problems that characterized the relationship between white and red men since the white man arrived in the Canadian West in the 1820s. Records the traditions and attitudes of the Indian and covers such problems as buffalo massacres, smallpox, broken treaties and warfare. Narrates the events through a ballad and expresses hope for the future., Documents the events and problems that characterized the relationship between white and red men since the white man arrived in the Canadian West in the 1820's. Records the traditions and attitudes of the Indian and covers such problems as buffalo massacres, small pox, broken treaties and warfare. Narrates the events through a ballad and expresses hope for the future.

Complete Record: Documents the events and problems that characterized the relationship between white and red men since the white man arrived in the Canadian West in the 1820s. Records the traditions and attitudes of the Indian and covers such problems as buffalo massacres, smallpox, broken treaties and warfare. Narrates the events through a ballad and expresses hope for the future., Utilizes music, stills, and clips from the Canadian National Archives and other sources to portray the conflicts of Indians and white men in the Canadian West of the 1820's. Records, through a ballad, the traditions of the Indian and covers problems such as the buffalo massacres, small pox, broken treaties and warfare. Filmed by an Indian crew. , Documents the events and problems that characterized the relationship between white and red men since the white man arrived in the Canadian West in the 1820's. Records the traditions and attitudes of the Indian and covers such problems as buffalo massacres, small pox, broken treaties and warfare. Narrates the events through a ballad and expresses hope for the future.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.