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The Resource Trail of tears : a Native American documentary collection

Trail of tears : a Native American documentary collection

Label
Trail of tears : a Native American documentary collection
Title
Trail of tears
Title remainder
a Native American documentary collection
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: Documents the forced removal in 1838 of the Cherokee Nation from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma. Shows the suffering endured by the Cherokees as they lost their land and the difficult conditions they endured on the trail. Describes how thousands of Cherokees died during the Trail of Tears, nearly a quarter of the nation, including most of their children and elders
  • Black Indians: Explores issues of racial identity between the mixed-descent peoples of both Native American and African American heritage. James Earl Jones is himself a Black Indian
  • Native American healing in the 21st century: Learn from today's respected physicians the crossover of ancient native remedies to present-day medical practices. Explore for healing plants and herbs. Learn from tribal elders traditional healing practices and philosophies. Discover the contents of a recently found 350-year-old medicine bag. Compare the similarities of Native American and Chinese healing
  • Our spirits don't speak English: Imagine you are a child, taken from your home, your family, taken from everything you know. In 1869, the U.S. government enacted a policy of educating Native American children in the ways of western society. By the late 1960's, more than 100,000 had been forced to attend Indian Boarding School
Related
Cataloging source
HCO
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: written by Daniel Blake Smith ; produced by Chip Richie and Steven R. Heape ; directed by Chip Richie
  • Black Indians: written by Daniel Blake Smith ; directed by Chip Richie
  • Native American healing in the 21st century: written by Howard Fisher ; produced and directed by Chip Richie
  • Our spirits don't speak English: written by Dan Agent ; directed by Chip Richie
Dewey number
970.00497
Intended audience
Not rated
LC call number
E77
LC item number
.T73 2009
PerformerNote
  • Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy: narrator, James Earl Jones ; host, Wes Studi ; celebrity voices, James Garner, Crystal Gayle, John Buttrum, Douglas Wilder
  • Black Indians: narrator, James Earl Jones
  • Native American healing in the 21st century: narrator, Gregg Howard
  • Our spirits don't speak English: narrator, Gayle Ross
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Richie, Chip
  • Heape, Steven R
  • Studi, Wes
  • Jones, James Earl
  • Howard, Gregg
  • Ross, Gayle
  • Mill Creek Entertainment
Runtime
263
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Trail of Tears, 1838-1839
  • Cherokee Indians
  • Cherokee Indians
  • Cherokee Indians
  • Indians, Treatment of
  • African Americans
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Medicinal plants
  • Indians of North America
  • Off-reservation boarding schools
  • Indian students
  • Discrimination in education
Technique
live action
Label
Trail of tears : a Native American documentary collection
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally released separately: 2006, 2001, 2004, and 2008
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc 1. Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy (105 min.) -- Disc 2. Black Indians : an American story (52 min.) ; Native American healing in the 21st century (52 min.) ; Our spirits don't speak English : Indian boarding school (53 min.)
Control code
1295942
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 23 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
683904509161
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1295942
  • (OCoLC)589461584
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Trail of tears : a Native American documentary collection
Publication
Note
Originally released separately: 2006, 2001, 2004, and 2008
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Disc 1. Trail of tears : Cherokee legacy (105 min.) -- Disc 2. Black Indians : an American story (52 min.) ; Native American healing in the 21st century (52 min.) ; Our spirits don't speak English : Indian boarding school (53 min.)
Control code
1295942
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 23 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
683904509161
Other physical details
sound, color with black and white sequences
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1295942
  • (OCoLC)589461584
System details
DVD; Region 1, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD

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