Native American Indians of northern Baja California, Mexico, Pai Pai, Kumeyaay, Kumiai, Kiliwa, Native indigenous speakers, dancers, storytellers like Benito Peralta, Kumeyaay, and Alvino Siva, Cahuilla, filmed at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Southern California, circa 1994, in this vintage historical documentary motion footage with audio.

BAJA SPEAKERS Pictured (roughly l-r):

Gloria Castañeda, Kumiai, San Jose de la Zorra
Maria Emes, Kumeyaay (farewell song)
Juan Alvañez, Pai-Pai (story, singing)
Margarita Castro, Pai-Pai, Santa Catarina
Juan Aguiar, Kumiai, San Antonio Necua
Josefina Ochurte, Kiliwa-Pai Pai
Juan Bernardo Aldama, Kumiai
Benito Peralta, Pai-Pai (PaiPai-Spanish translator)
Alvino Siva, Cahuilla (guest bird singer storyteller)
Inocencia Gonzalez, Cucapa, El Mayor
Manuela Aguiar, Kumiai-PaiPai, Santa Catarina

TRANSLATOR:

Mike Wilken

VIDEOGRAPHER, still photo:

Jean Baptiste (JB Kingery)

Video opens with a Native American story spoken in Pai-Pai language, and bird singing, about the origin of the first Kumeyaay Yuman style grass hut, translated into Latin Mexican Spanish, and USA English in front of live audience in real time.

Educational cultural movie includes an honoring song for the elders by Alvino Siva, Cahuilla Indian, a well known indigenous bird singer and storyteller.

Audio visual recording ends with a Native American farewell song and dance by Maria Emes, Kumeyaay.

THIS MOVIE IS ONE OF A SERIES OF NATIVE AMERICAN DOCUMENTARIES PICTURES PHOTOS MOVIES on the Kumeyaay Indian communities of San Antonio Necua, San Jose de la Zorra, Santa Catarina, Baja California, Mexico, Kumiai Indinos.

This Indian movie contains 20 minutes of movie video - this is a 70 megabyte .mov file!

Other Online California Indian Movies:


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