Dineh: The People (1976)
77 mins | Documentary | 19 October 1976
Cast:
Peterson Zah, Henry Zah, Taylor McKenzie [ More ]Directors:
Steven Hornick, Jonathan ReinisProducer:
Jonathan ReinisCinematographer:
Steven HornickThe Summary for this unviewed film was based on contemporary sources, including the 20 Oct 1976 NYT, and the 15 Nov 1976 Box.
According to a profile in the 22 Aug 2000 San Francisco, CA Examiner, co-director-producer Jonathan Reinis was an anthropologist who lived with the Navajo Indians before making a documentary, which aired on the Public Broadcasting System in 1972 under the full title: Dineh, The People: A Portrait of the Navajo. There is some dispute whether this is the same Dineh: The People or an earlier version, or whether the 1972 date is incorrect, because the Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Act was not signed into law until 1974.
The film opened for a five-day run at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, NY, on 19 Oct 1976, according to the 20 Oct 1976 NYT, but a theatrical release of Dineh: The People has not been determined. Portions of Dineh: The People were incorporated into Broken Rainbow (1985, see entry), a more ambitious film that explains the 1974 Hopi-Navajo dispute in detail.
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The Summary for this unviewed film was based on contemporary sources, including the 20 Oct 1976 NYT, and the 15 Nov 1976 Box.
According to a profile in the 22 Aug 2000 San Francisco, CA Examiner, co-director-producer Jonathan Reinis was an anthropologist who lived with the Navajo Indians before making a documentary, which aired on the Public Broadcasting System in 1972 under the full title: Dineh, The People: A Portrait of the Navajo. There is some dispute whether this is the same Dineh: The People or an earlier version, or whether the 1972 date is incorrect, because the Hopi-Navajo Land Settlement Act was not signed into law until 1974.
The film opened for a five-day run at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, NY, on 19 Oct 1976, according to the 20 Oct 1976 NYT, but a theatrical release of Dineh: The People has not been determined. Portions of Dineh: The People were incorporated into Broken Rainbow (1985, see entry), a more ambitious film that explains the 1974 Hopi-Navajo dispute in detail.
Roughly 5,000 Navajo Indians, who call themselves Dineh, face eviction from their northeastern Arizona reservation, because of the U.S. Congress' 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, which seeks to settle an old land dispute between the two tribes. Since coal, uranium, and other minerals lie beneath Hopi and Navajo land, powerful mining interests are also involved, and may have engineered the dispute in order to clear the land. Peterson Zah, a young activist who heads the Navajo legal aid program, describes the problems facing the tribe, and Navajo physician Taylor McKenzie discusses the problems of alcohol on the reservation. Indian historian Alvin Josephy explains the history of mining corporations on the adjacent Hopi and Navajo lands, as well as the dislocation the dispute will have on members of both tribes. Republican Congressman Sam Steiger, who wrote the bill requiring Navajo relocation, presents his side of the story, and various Navajos air their grievances. ...
Roughly 5,000 Navajo Indians, who call themselves Dineh, face eviction from their northeastern Arizona reservation, because of the U.S. Congress' 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act, which seeks to settle an old land dispute between the two tribes. Since coal, uranium, and other minerals lie beneath Hopi and Navajo land, powerful mining interests are also involved, and may have engineered the dispute in order to clear the land. Peterson Zah, a young activist who heads the Navajo legal aid program, describes the problems facing the tribe, and Navajo physician Taylor McKenzie discusses the problems of alcohol on the reservation. Indian historian Alvin Josephy explains the history of mining corporations on the adjacent Hopi and Navajo lands, as well as the dislocation the dispute will have on members of both tribes. Republican Congressman Sam Steiger, who wrote the bill requiring Navajo relocation, presents his side of the story, and various Navajos air their grievances.
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