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Navajo: The Fight for Survival
- 1972 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- 16mm
- Documents the struggle of Navajo Indians to maintain their culture, language and way of life against the inroads of the dominant American culture. Includes scenes of a number of traditional Navajo rituals and ceremonies emphasizing the importance of medicine men and healing ceremonies to the traditional Navajo culture and psychological well-being. Also shows how companies leasing Navajo land have reneged on promises of jobs and now threaten the area with large-scale pollution.
- Topics: (American Indian Studies, Ethnomusicology)
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