CALL #:  F2460.1.O9 A8 1992z.

TITLE:  At the edge of conquest [videoreocrding] : the journey of Chief Wai-Wai / Produced by Geoffrey O'Connor Realis Pictures, Inc.

PUBLISHER:  New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, [1992?]

DESCRIPTION:  1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

SUMMARY:
     Looks at the situation of the Waiapi Indians, a small isolated tribe that came in contact with the outside world in the late 1970's. The film focusses on the charismatic leader, Chief Wai-Wai as he travels from his remote village to Brazil's capitol.

OTHER TITLE:  Journey of Chief Wai-Wai.

SUBJECTS
Oyampi Indians.
Indians of South America -- Brazil.
Indigenous peoples.

CALL #:  D-7926.

TITLE:  The Ax fight. [Motion picture.]

PUBLISHER:  Somerville, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1975.

DESCRIPTION:  1 reel, 30 min. : sd., col. ; 16 mm.

SERIES:  Yanomamo series.

SUMMARY:
     A four-part analysis of a fight in a Yanomamo Indian village between local descent groups. Includes an unedited record of the event; a slow-motion replay of the fight; a discussion of the kinship structure of the fight; and an edited version.

SUBJECTS
Yanomamo Indians -- Wars.
Indians of South America -- Wars.

ALT CALL #
F2520.1.Y3.
D-7926.

CALL #:  A-2114.

TITLE:  The Aztecs [motion picture]

PUBLISHER Chicago:  Coronet Instructional Films, 1955.

DESCRIPTION:  1 film reel (11 min.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm.

SUMMARY:
     Describes the culture of the pre-Aztec and Aztec civilizations as evidenced in the ruins, carvings, and murals of Tenochtitlan, Teotihuacan, Tula and Tenayuca.  Emphasizes the important role of religion in the lives of the Aztec people and reenacts at Teotihuacan a religious ceremony as it might have been
performed in 1500.

SUBJECTS
Aztecs.
Rites and ceremonies.
Indians of Mexico -- Religion.
Indian mythology -- Mexico.

ALT CALL #
A-2114.

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