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Summary:

For 99 years, the residents of Salamanca, N.Y. have rented the land under their homes for an average of $1.00 a year from the Seneca Indians, under the terms of a lease imposed by Congress. Now the lease is about to expire. This film is about the conflict of the survival of the town and justice for the Senecas.

Contributors:

Steward, David

Gazit, Chana

Filmakers Library, inc

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Works:

POV (Television program)

Seneca's land rights

Subjects:

Seneca Indians — Government relations

Seneca Indians — Claims

Seneca Indians — Land tenure

Land tenure — New York (State) — Salamanca

Salamanca (N.Y.) — History

Seneca Indians

Land tenure

New York (State) — Salamanca

Genres:

History

System Details:

VHS.

Performers:

Narrator: W.S. Merwin.

Production Credits:

Produced and written by Chana Gazit, David Steward ; photographer/editor: David Steward.

General Notes:

Public performance rights included.
Subtitle from container.
Originally broadcast on the television series: Point of view.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (54 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Physical Characteristics:

polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

analog; magnetic; mono

Video Characteristics:

VHS; NTSC

Call Numbers:

MV 9292

OCLC Numbers:

28738524