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Native American history
Clip: 508550_1_4
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Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 946
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HD: N/A
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Timecode: 01:51:22 - 01:53:21

Text, "Still later these sedentary tribes...communal dwellings called pueblos. They were honeycombed-like structures of masonry, usually terraced in a pyramid form that was easily defended." TLS of terraced dwellings. Text, "Pueblo of Taos, an ancestor of the modern apartment building." TLS dwellings. Text, "A few of the ancient pueblos, modernized with window glass, hinged doors, and other features, are still occupied Pueblo of Walpi." LS dwelling on cliff wall. MS man walking up dwelling steps. Text, "The woods Indians of the central Northwest were hungers of the caribou or deer." MSs deer & caribou. Text, "...the Great Plains hunted the buffalo, which supplied them with food, clothing, and shelter. Most of the year they lived in skin covered tents called teepees." MCU buffalo in snowfall. Text, "Use of the horse, obtained by trade from early explorers, stimulated roving among all tribes, who formerly had traveled on foot. Dogs were the only aboriginal... TLS horses & dogs splashing in river.