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''Navajos Film Themselves'' is a series of seven short 
The films are:
* ''Intrepid Shadows'' directed by Al Clah
* ''The Navajo Silversmith'' directed by John Nelson
* ''A Navajo Weaver'' directed by Susie Benally
* ''Old Antelope Lake'' directed by Mike Anderson
* ''Second Weaver'' directed by either Susie Benally or Alta Kahn
* ''The Shallow Well Project'' directed by John Nelson
* ''The Spirit of the Navajos'' directed by Maxine and Mary J. Tsosie
The series is also known as ''Through Navajo Eyes'', due to a confusion with the book that follows.
See ''Through Navajo Eyes: An exploration in film communication and anthropology.'' (1972) by John Adair and Sol Worth, (with an introduction by Richard Chalfen in the 1996 edition). 978-0826317711
Original elements for these films are stored at the
Official site
1966 films United States National Film Registry films Documentary films about Native Americans 1960s short documentary films Navajo Nation {{short-documentary-film-stub
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
s which show scenes of life on the Navajo Nation
The Navajo Nation ( nv, Naabeehó Bináhásdzo), also known as Navajoland, is a Native American reservation in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah; at roughly , the ...
. It was added to the United States National Film Registry
The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB’s inception ...
in 2002.
The films are:
* ''Intrepid Shadows'' directed by Al Clah
* ''The Navajo Silversmith'' directed by John Nelson
* ''A Navajo Weaver'' directed by Susie Benally
* ''Old Antelope Lake'' directed by Mike Anderson
* ''Second Weaver'' directed by either Susie Benally or Alta Kahn
* ''The Shallow Well Project'' directed by John Nelson
* ''The Spirit of the Navajos'' directed by Maxine and Mary J. Tsosie
The series is also known as ''Through Navajo Eyes'', due to a confusion with the book that follows.
See ''Through Navajo Eyes: An exploration in film communication and anthropology.'' (1972) by John Adair and Sol Worth, (with an introduction by Richard Chalfen in the 1996 edition). 978-0826317711
Original elements for these films are stored at the Library of Congress
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, Culpeper, Virginia.
External links
Official site
1966 films United States National Film Registry films Documentary films about Native Americans 1960s short documentary films Navajo Nation {{short-documentary-film-stub