This film consists of an interview with a Native American artist who is not identified, but who is believed to be George McKee Cochran (1908-1990), a member of the Cherokee Nation who lived in Oklahoma and Oregon. Cochran displays work inspired by the raising of a tepee at Warm Springs, Oregon as well as the flooded fishing grounds at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River. Cochran also reflects on the important role that art can play in preserving indigenous cultures.
The footage is believed to have been shot for inclusion in a film titled Dee-Noo-Whall-Lesk-Skiee (Cherokee for "people who make pictures") that aired in February 1967. The production was hosted by Virginia Taylor, assistant professor of art at Oregon State University and staff artist for the university's Department of Publications.
Digitized from a film original held in the KOAC-TV Films (FV 207:004), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
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