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A Filmography for American Indian Education. INSTITUTION Zia Cine, Inc., Santa Fe, N DOCUMENT RESUME ED 091 101 RC 007 862 AUTHOR Williams, Carroll Warner; Bird, Gloria TITLE A Filmography for American Indian Education. INSTITUTION Zia Cine, Inc., Santa Fe, N. Mex. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Santa Fe, N. Mex. Research and Cultural Studies Development Section. PUB DATE 73 NOTE 201p. AVAILABLE FROM Zia Cine, Inc., P.O. Box 493, Santa Fe, NM 87501 ($5.00) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC Not Available from EDRS. PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *American Indians; American Studies; Audiovisual Aids; Audiovisual Communication; *Catalogs; Cultural Background; Curriculum Development; *Educational Resources; Eskimos; Federal Programs; Film Libraries; *Films; History; Instructional Materials; Media Selection; *Resource Guides; Sound Films ABSTRACT The filmography on American Indian education lists existing films in current distribution. The introduction explains the purpose of the guide, the procedure used to compile it, samples of questionnaires used, films as audiovisual classroom aids, the classification of films for classroom use, the relation of film use to individual curricula, some points that might be useful, the necessity for feedback on the value of the films and additional material that might be included in the guide. The document gives approximately 550 alphabetical listings of films on American Indians in the western hemisphere. There are also 24 entries that were too late for cataloging and 10 Bureau of Indian Affairs films. Each entry gives the title of the film, an abstract, distributor (by acronym), cost, time, color or black and white, sound, and film size. Most films are 16 mm. Additionally, distributors, their addresses, and acronyms are listed, along with a title index. (KM) 11. I Perofrr n 31 efi -71 DF.ARTMENT OF HEALTH F.DLICA,,ON El CAQE NAT.ONAL NST.TU,E 0r E,71)CAT,op., 4 A ri Zia Cine Inc. for American Indian Education cnc34s., Alim.11 v.) COVER DESIGNBERT PITTMAN, MAIDU CONCEPTGARY McGILL, SHOSHONE :1 1411,\IOGRAPIIY FOR .1\lERI(;IN lNDI.1N EDU(:ATI():\ prepared by Carroll Warner William, and Gloria Bird %%Hit the support of the Research and Cultural Sturlie.. 1)(.%el()Imicrit Section. Simla Fe Bureau of Indian Affairs United States Department Of the Interior Published and Distributed b Zia Cine, Ireorporated P. 0. Boy -193 Santa Fe. Nvs. \leiro 117.301 First Edition 1973 ('opyri.lit 1973 by Zia (inc. Ink:. Introduction I. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE When asked to consider taking on the task of compiling a filmography of existing films,in current distribution, of American Indian subject matter, Ihesitatedbecause I knew so many of the films and wondered, ":s this a resource for American Indian educa- tion?" I discussed my question with colleagues and friends and had to come to the conclusion that yes, of course it is a resource but that much thought would be required to see how to implement the value of these films in the light of so many of them being negative results negative results in the light of the time the film was made, the style, learning theory and practice, historical inaccuracies, cultural misrepresentations, and cultural differences; the elements that go into a film make it vulnerable to negative criticism, usually justifiably. In spite of all that, a list of such films is an asset if we think about how we use them construc- tively. This is how we began this fiimography, which is the result of hundreds of people getting together and looking at the films, talking about the films and writing about the films. II. THE PROCEDURE WE USED TO COMPILE THE FILMOGRAPHY A. All films distributors in the U.S. were sent requests for catalogues and any addi- tional information they might have on films of native Americans in the New World. B. All institutions engaged in Indian education were sent information request forms. C. From the BIA files, all those outside the BIA interested in Indian education were sent questionnaires. This included Indian and non-Indian leaders from education, anthro- pology, education& film, sociology, psychology, etc. This resulted in a mailing of over 2300 piece-, in various forms, the returns collated and evaluated. D. The catalogues were gleaned for possible films. Almost all possible films were re- quested for preview screening. E. Almost all of those were screened and most of them by an Indian audience for criticism and review. Over 300 reviews were written and collected. F. Consultations with Indians and non-Indians, educators, teachers and students, were conducted in an attempt to uncover ideas, approaches, evaluations and attitudes about Indian-subject-matter film use in the learning situation. Itis hoped that at a future date the information collected in the filmography at this stage plus the feed- back that we request, along with addition& conferences, will result in a companion teacher's guide to film use for American Indian education. G. Then, of course, there have been the mechanics of organizing so many bits of data for access through the filmography. III.SAMPLES OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES AS SENT A. QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS This questionnaire is to help us in compiling a filmography for American Indian education. The filmography is being produced through a contract for the Cultural Studies Resource Section, Bureau of Indian Affairs and will be published in the spring of 1972 and distributed free to all BIA schools. We will include films on all native peoples of the Western hemisphere from the prehistoric period to modern times. We hope to assemble a complete listing of films in this area and would appreciate your prompt reply if you have or know about films that should be included. The filmography will be cross-indexed by title, author, subject and distributor. Re- vised editions will follow so your continuing help in updating as new films appear is requested. Informat.on we would like for each film listed: title running time color-b&w sound-silent 8mm super-8 16mm distributor film maker-director producer other personnel involved in production rental price purchase price year released description correlated material correspondent's name address B. This questionnaire is to be answered by an individual or group who use or would like to use motion pictures in Indian education. The purpose of this questionnaire is to collect information that will help design film usage and better films for Indian education. The filmography is one of the first steps in a film in Indian education project. Your replies will help us put together the Filmography For American Indian Education to be published in 1974. 1. Would you be willing to write reviews of films you have seen or used in relation to Indian education? Yes No 2. About how many films do you use in a year? 3. What kinds of films made by Indian film makers would you like to see? 4. Would you list the films you use or have seen and underline the ones you consider notable. (Use the back of this page if you run out of space.) Name and Address (please print) ii IV.FILMS AS AN AUDIO-VISUAL AID IN THE CLASSROOM In recent years, there have been many publications or films for classroom use. Most of the users of this filmography are familiar with these publications and have probably had some formal training as well. This filmography does not attempt to do such a job. V. CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS As another way of looking at film use in the classroom,I have divided films into four groups. All assume "understanding" is a desirable goal. A. A traditional type of educational film which presents ordered factual information in a very direct way (on a silver platter) for the viewer to accept as information you are expected to remember. We will continue to need this kind of film for certain educa- tional goals seem best achieved through such a process. B. Films where the factual information is felt to be well understood by the film- maker-authority but where the presentation of that information requires the audience to "dig" for it. It's all there, clean-cut and correct, but "work" is required to pull it out during the screen experience and perhaps with guided discussion following screening. This type of learning experience results in improved retention and usually expands retrieval possibilities. C. Films where information is felt to be correct, but where exploratory process of data in film has taken precedent over imparting known factual data. Used frequently to learn the practice of a discipline rather than the process resulting from a discipline. Examples: history, anthropology, psychology, educJtion. I described these four groups of types of film simply to help us look at some very prac- tical problems that I feel help toward a better use of the filmography. VI. FILM CLASSROOM USE In relation to the educational goals of a system's curriculum, the syllabi and finally each individual course as actually presented to the student, film use in a class must be rationalized in terms of value gained for the time spent. Now, only a few films within the filmography will mesh with a given course so perfectly as to require no special effort on the part of teacher or student for the goals to be achieved. TI.K. use of most films requires some plan- ning to take advantage of what the film might offer that would make it do a better job than some alternate teaching approach. Some examples: We have a nice 30 minute film but much of the film is not really giving us the "meat" we are after, so let's resist the entertainment value and look for that part of the film which shows us what we need to see to get into the area of interest to illustrate visually what with words might have been very difficult to say or could never have been said so efficiently.
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