# 1930s NATIVE AMERICAN / HOPI, NAVAJO, CHEROKEE & PUEBLO INDIANS DOCUMENTARY INDIAN POW WOW 48384

This 1930s black and white documentary "Real Americans" was produced by Ideal Corp. It opens with a field of teepees. A male Indian wearing a feather headdress kneels outside one (:07-:19). Braves ride horses across a shallow body of water (:20-:33). Indians wearing feather headdresses sit together at a tribal counsel (:34-:40). Tribes of the Southwest wear their traditional tribal outfits. They serpentine as they parade on a field. They are gathered in Albuquerque for a grand pow wow (:41- 1:07 ). An Apache women straps in her papoose on a cradleboard. Another holds a baby ( 1:08 - 1:18 ). A Navaho woman holds a crying baby. Another weaves a blanket on a large loom ( 1:20 - 1:28 ). Male Hopi Indians perform a ceremonial Butterfly Dance. Hopi children wear wings to perform an Eagle Dance. A line of Hopi women grind corn in rhythm to a drummer. Bread is baked in dome-shaped adobe ovens called ‘hornos’ ( 1:30 - 2:08 ). Elderly Hopi women weave reed baskets ( 2:09 - 2:22 ). Hopi and Navajo women participate in a tug-of-war against each other ( 2:24 - 2:36 ). Wampanoag Indians from Massachusetts smoke and pass a peace pipe. A groom wears a feather headdress that reaches the ground as part of a wedding ceremony ( 2:38 - 3:15 ). Girls participate in a foot race, followed by boys ( 3:17 - 3:22 ). Navajos play a potato game while on horseback, leaning down to pick a potato off the ground while the horse gallops ( 3:23 - 3:30 . Cherokees play a tribal game vaguely similar to…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/48384RealAmericans)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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