Army surplus goods being auctioned in California, United States. Army surplus goods worth 12 million dollars piled up at Sharpe General depot for an auction. Goods include a battered jeep as men work on it. Lights and lanterns for sale. Bidding takes place. Men seated in chairs as they bid for the goods.
A dirt and mud motorcycle race by Seattle cycle club in Seattle, Washington. Motorbikes at the start line. The race gets underway. Bikers cross a pond of water. Bikers get stuck in mud as audiences look on. Motor bikers ride through mud and water. A biker crosses the finish line.
Opening scene shows group of men reenacting role of Native American Indians dancing around a ceremonial fire, at night. Native Americans on horseback rounding up horses, in area of Western U.S. containing dramatic outcroppings of rock. Native Americans, on horseback, herding sheep. A dwelling and fences of wood and other local materials are seen. Narrator speaks of tuberculosis disease being an "enemy" of these people. Two men on a buckboard pulled by a team of horses. Native Americans assembled in an auditorium.
Actors portray Native American father, mother, and their boy, riding on a buckboard wagon pulled by two horses. White clouds low on horizon behind them. The parents speak to the boy about his grandfather's death, and talk about beginning anew. Brief view of of a burning funeral pyre, in the desert, with dramatic outcroppings of rock in background. Slate appears telling about the family in ensuing years.
Large group of Native Americans chant and dance as they reenact old tribal ceremonial activities. Several discuss deaths of their parents from disease (tuberculosis) and ponder competing views for combating it. One thinks old ways are better but another thinks more modern methods might be called for. A young Native American man sitting alone with with a young Native American woman, speaks about his decision to attend a White man's boarding school.
Native American actors portraying story of youth who leaves a reservation in the United States to attend a boarding school. A man saddles his horse and brings another with him as he crosses a fenced area, past a man chopping wood. He stops near a young woman, named Nema, standing in front of a low log shelter. A young man, named Robert, says goodbye to her and to an older man named, Slow Talker, standing near a buckboard wagon. Robert climbs on the empty horse and canters away with the other rider. As they watch the riders depart, Slow Talker tells Nema, that Robert is forsaking the ways of his people. The riders continue across the desert landscape and then are seen walking up to a substantial building housing the boarding school. Robert enters as his companion bids him good luck. Robert is seen inside the school with text book open as he writes. Another scene shows him practicing in a forge, as part of his training. He cleans up in a lavatory.
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