# 1950s SIOUX INDIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM "FALLEN EAGLE" 59194

FALLEN EAGLE is a 1950s short film produced in cooperation with the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs and the Department of Parks. It was written and directed by Alan Shilin. The film is sponsored by the P. Lorillard Company, makers of Old Gold Cigarettes. A Sioux wearing an eagle-feather headdress sits on a horse (:58). In the 1860s, the Sioux were migratory, following the buffalo as it roamed across Minnesota to the western mountains ( 1:58 ). Belongings were transported by a horse pulling a travois ( 2:16 ). Women unload and set up a teepee ( 3:18 ). The men pay respect to the Chief ( 3:36 ) at his large teepee. An owl painted on a drum is shown ( 3:45 ). The group sits around a fire, sharing a peace pipe ( 3:53 ). In 1875, war bonnets hang in peace ( 4:19 ). A woman paints ( 4:54 ). Household objects are beaded ( 5:00 ). An old warrior tracks the winter count on a buffalo hide ( 5:26 ). Men hunt and kill a buffalo ( 5:49 ). Campfires illuminate the shadow of a man beating a drum ( 7:36 ), heard by an ill man and a warrior. We see the Medicine Man in action ( 7:53 ). A maiden goes to the river ( 8:29 ) and her suitor plays a flute ( 9:00 ). The warrior asks permission to propose ( 9:55 ). The bride bathes and is elaborately dressed, including beaded moccasins ( 10:27 ). Her hair is plaited with a combing stick ( 10:37 ). The guests arrive ( 10:53 ). The wedding feast is prepared in a buffalo paunch ( 11:14 ). Carved wooden utensils are used for serving ( 11:35 ). A Rabbit…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/59194FallenEagle)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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