Footage shot of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota during the thirties. Footage records a bison round-up which was organized by park personnel for the Oglala Sioux. Also filmed are scenes of the Oglala Sioux encampment on park lands and butchering of bison.
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HSFA 1988.7.1
Previously titled "Bison Round-up and Oglala Sioux Encampment 1937."
Received from Beatrice B. Freeland and Phyllis Broyles in 1988.
Edward Dixon Freeland film of Bison Round-up and Oglala Sioux Encampment, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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