Savagery and the American Indian / a BBC-TV production in association with Lionheart Television International ; written by James Wilson, Ken Kirby ; produced by Ken Kirby.

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Dscribes the impact of white settlement on the American Indian. Part 1 covers the period from 1620-1890 when the Indian population had fallen from 5 million to 250,000. Traces the expansion of white settlement; the resultant depletion of the native peoples and the way in which contemporaries recorde...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Lionheart Television International
Other Authors: Wilson, James, 1948-
Kirby, Ken
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2000], [©2000]
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples of North America > History.
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of > North America.
Physical Description:2 videocassettes (101 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format: Video VHS
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Summary:
Dscribes the impact of white settlement on the American Indian. Part 1 covers the period from 1620-1890 when the Indian population had fallen from 5 million to 250,000. Traces the expansion of white settlement; the resultant depletion of the native peoples and the way in which contemporaries recorded the events. Part 2 traces developments since 1890 when the Indian reservations were established and the residual tribes were compulsorily moved into them. The program talks of the native peoples efforts to retain more of their own culture in the face government endeavors to assimilate them, and the resultant cultural and social problems.
Note:Originally broadcast on the television series Timewatch in 1991.
FFH 10374-5.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E77 .S39 2000 Videocassette
System Details:VHS.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Andrew Sachs.