The Last Refuge - A Tale Of The Navajo (1940)

Titles read: “THE LAST REFUGE - A TALE OF THE NAVAJO“. Navajo Desert, Arizona, United States of America. Various good shots show life for American-Indians of the Navajo tribe. Scenic shots of the rocky and barren countryside; American-Indians with bare chests act out horse herding as it would have been 100 years previously. We then see Indians of the same tribe in the present day (1940), herding sheep. We see a typical Navajo dwelling, decorated inside with traditional woven blankets. Women sitting outside the hut weave blankets; a man sits polishing some hand-crafted jewellery. At technical colleges we see Navajo Indian women working at crafts “they can follow profitably when they finish their training“ - weaving and embroidery. Young men are instructed in metalwork and woodwork, that “will make them useful members of the community“. Children are taken to an elementary school in a rural area by their parents. While the children learn to read and write (Navajo has no written language), their