"Cold Moon at the Center of the World", 1991

Item — cassette: 6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This documentary about the 1955 termination of Utah's Southern Paiute Tribe both as a tribe and as a recipient of benefits from all federal programs. After a struggle to survive, the group fought successfully for restoration as a tribe and to federal monies in 1980. This is a film about those events and their effect upon the tribe. 19:30.

Screenings and awards:

Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York

Native American Film Festival (traveling festival)

Canyonlands Film Festival

Community Access Television (Utah, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Funded in part. by a grant from the Utah Humanities Council.

Dates

1991

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.