APACHE -1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) APACHE: PAN OF GREAT SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINOUS DESERT WHERE APACHES ROAMED FREE, HUNTED, GATHERED FOOD, HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED. ZOOM IN ON APACHE SACRED MOUNTAIN, SIERRA BLANCA. WHERE TREATY ESTABLISHED HOME FOR APACHE. 00:15:40 APACHE COWBOYS RIDE RANGE WITH SOME OF 6000 CATTLE, OWNED BY TRIBE, PROVIDING JOBS FOR THE INDIAN COWBOYS, MONEY FOR TRIBAL TREASURY. INDIANS RIDE TO CORRAL WITH CATTLE. COWBOYS DISMOUNT, TIE UP HORSES ON RAILING, ENTER RANCH HOUSE. 00:16:32 COWBOYS SIT AROUND DINNER TABLE, EAT. CU FACE SHOTS OF INDIANS, AS THEY EAT WITH GUSTO. THESE COWBOYS BELONG TO MESCALERO APACHE TRIBE, ONE OF MOST SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN TRIBE, WITH 186,000 ACRE RESERVATION, IN MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. 00:17:00 ZOOM IN ON HEADQUARTERS OF TRIBAL COUNCIL WHICH RULES OVER THE 2000 MEMBER TRIBE, ELECTED EVERY TWO YEARS BY MEMBERS. COUNCIL MALE, FEMALE MEMBERS SIT AT LONG TABLE DOING PAPERWORK FOR BUDGETS, OTHER ACCOUNTING NEEDED, AS THEY CAPITALIZE ON RESOURCES OF RESERVATION. THROUGH EDUCATION WORK PROGRAMS, THEY FULFILL POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE. 00:17:17 MALE ACCOUNTANT POINTS TO ITEMS ON PAPERWORK BEING DONE BY TWO FEMALE WORKERS, EXPLAINING IT. CU APACHE WOMAN, HEAVY WITH INDIAN JEWELRY, MAKES ENTRIES WITH PENCIL. EVERY APACHE IS ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND ANY SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY. 00:17:42 CU FINGERS OF INDIAN WOMAN WITH TWO LARGE SILVER RINGS, WORKS CALCULATOR. TWO YOUNG MALE CLERKS ALSO WEARING HEAVY RINGS, GET THEIR HEADS TOGETHER OVER PAPERWORK AT SAME HUGE TABLE. 00:17:58 INDIAN WORKER SCATTERS FEED IN FISH HATCHERY. CU CHAIN SAW CUTTING INTO LARGE TIMBER AT LOGGING SITE. TIMBER TUMBLES. HUGE FLATBED TRUCK HAULS AWAY HUGE LOAD OF TIMBERS. OVER ONE-HALF MILLION CUBIC METERS OF TIMBER IS HARVESTED ANNUALLY FROM HEAVILY FORESTED HILLS ON RESERVATION. 00:18:28 SKIER GLIDES DOWN SLOPES OF SIERRA BLANCA, WHERE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RESORT HAS BEEN BUILT BY MESCALERO FINANCING, LABOR. CROWD OF YOUNG SKIERS PREPARE TO SKI DOWN SLOPES. CU FACE SHOT OF FEMALE APACHE, ATTENDS TO THEIR NEEDS. 00:18:58 ZOOM IN "INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GOD" LUXURY RESORT, OWNED BY TRIBE, FEATURES, TENNIS, GOLF, HORSEBACK RIDING, FISHING. CU TRIBE MEMBERS' HAND ON COMPUTER KEYBOARD RECORDING ALL INVESTMENT, DIVIDENDS, WAGES, BENEFITS AT MODERN COMPUTER COMPLEX. 00:19:26 MASCALERO MEN CUTTING, INSTALLING SHEET ROCK. BUILDING, REMODELLING NEW, OLD HOMES, WITH INCOME FROM THEIR BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. 00:19:42 ZOOM IN ON APARTMENT BUILDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PROBLEMS OF ELDERLY, WITH HOSPITAL CLOSE BY. INDIAN TEACHER SITS WITH CHILDREN AT PRE-SCHOOL DAY CARE CENTER, HELPING WORKING MOTHERS. 00:19:50 CU FACE SHOTS OF APACHE INDIAN CHILDREN, AS THEY REPEAT APACHE INDIAN LANGUAGE WORDS BEING TAUGHT TO THEM BY TEACHER. PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE ELDERLY TRIBE MEMBERS, EXPLAINING APACHE TRADITIONS, HISTORY, CULTURE TO CHILDREN.