Indians in motion pictures
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chief Joseph Secakuku Collection,
Collection
Identifier: MSS -624-SC
Scope and Content
This small collection contains correspondence, 1922-1925, pertaining to the making of a commercial stereoscopic motion picture at the Grand Canyon, which included scenes from Hopi life. Most of the correspondence is between Stereoscopic Productions and Chief Joseph Secakuku. There are also a few letters written by other Hopi chiefs (1935), expressing their displeasure about the commercialization of sacred elements of Hopi culture. Additionally, the collection includes Chief Joe Secakukus...
Dates:
1922-1974 (bulk 1922-1937)
Chief Joseph Secakuku Trading Post Pictorial Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-624
Abstract
The collection documents the life and, more specifically, the commercial activities of Chief Joseph Secakuku.
Dates:
1920-1971