SUCCESSFUL APACHES - 1977 

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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.