Film Record: Moccasin, The

Date produced: 1940

Filmmaker(s):

Monroe Killy

Country of Production:

United States

Duration:

00:15:00

Length:

1 reel

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Minnesota Historical Society list of titled amateur films
National Film Preservation Foundation Grant, 2000

Description:

"This film shows Ojibwe women at Squaw Point, Leech Lake tanning hides and making moccasins decorated with beadwork and an Arikara or Hidatsa woman at Fort Berthold, North Dakota tanning cow hide and doing quillwork on clothing." Minnesota Historical Society.

Resources:

Record of the film at ArchiveGrid, and Worldcat.org.

This film is held by the Minnesota Historical Society. MHS preserved the film with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Locations:

• Leech Lake, Minnesota (Filming)
• Fort Berthold, North Dakota (Filming)

Subjects:

• Art and Recreation
• Indigenous peoples
• Work
•           Lakes

Genre:

• Ethnographic

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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