Redman's America; 3; The Iroquois. Part 2
- Series
- Redman's America
- Episode Number
- 3
- Episode
- The Iroquois. Part 2
- Producing Organization
- KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-901zc7sk8b
- NOLA Code
- RDMN
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The Iroquois, the Five Nations of New York State, were a group of strongly organized tribes whose diverse activities included hunting, fighting, trading, and political maneuvering. It is, incidentally, interesting to note that their society, unlike those of most other Indians, was largely matriarchal. The tribes were united in what closely resembles a federal League of Nations structure, with certain powers specifically left to the individual tribe, and others reserved by the central council. The people of the tribes were scattered not only through New York State, but also as far away as parts of Ohio and Michigan. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Redmans America represents the combined efforts of museums, universities, anthropologists and the Indians of America themselves to give television audiences an accurate portrait of our oldest inhabitants. The histories, languages, customs and crafts of tribes stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Great Plains to the seacoast of the Northwest are the subject of this series, which presents to the viewer their artifacts, their rituals, and their own descriptions of their lives. Thanks to the rich diversity of artifacts available, and to the flexibility of the television medium, the episodes emphasize chiefly the material aspects of Indian culture, although their social and theological institutions, and their reactions to the white settlers of the region, also are portrayed. The series uses films and artifacts from Chappell House, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Smithsonian Institution and is the anthropologists story of the material culture of the American Indian from his first appearance on the North American continent down to the coming of the white man. Each episode follows a general format of lecture and illustration, making use of authentic artifacts of the American Indian. Dr. Ruth Underhill, host for the series, is a nationally recognized authority in the field of American anthropology and Indian studies. She is the author of four books about the Indians, and has been active on behalf of tribes and Indian families throughout the West and Southwest. Her experience with television as a classroom medium dates from 1956, when she first began lecturing to a television audience on a variety of topics in anthropology. The 30 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on kinescope. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1960-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Host: Underhill, Ruth
Producing Organization: KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2327309-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Redman's America; 3; The Iroquois. Part 2,” 1960-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-901zc7sk8b.
- MLA: “Redman's America; 3; The Iroquois. Part 2.” 1960-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-901zc7sk8b>.
- APA: Redman's America; 3; The Iroquois. Part 2. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-901zc7sk8b