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Jews of the Wild West

It's 1882 when the first railroadcame through

[singing] It's 1882 when the first railroad
came through

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It's 1882 when the first railroad came through.
Duration
10 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:51
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, history, western
Production
Electric Yolk Media

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It is a feature length documentary. The independent not-for-profit film is produced by Electric Yolk Media and directed by award-winning filmmaker Amanda Kinsey. Through on-camera interviews, compelling footage, and historical pho...
And the old men used to tell stories - Jews of the Wild West 00:11
And the old men used to tell stories
And the Mother Earth was telling them, "Hey, something's coming your way. " - Jews of the Wild West 00:16
And the Mother Earth was telling them, "Hey, something&...
It expanded their economy to - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
It expanded their economy to
And they started marketing their pottery at the railroad tracks. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
And they started marketing their pottery at the railroad tra...
This is my grandma Lucy Lewis's pot. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
This is my grandma Lucy Lewis's pot.
She could take a pot and just start painting - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
She could take a pot and just start painting
Also, the men got jobs with the railroad, which took them off Acoma lands. - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
Also, the men got jobs with the railroad, which took them of...
A lot of people wound up in Arizona, - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
A lot of people wound up in Arizona,
It has always been Haak'u - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
It has always been Haak'u
The old Acoma folks, our ancestors, referred to that as "The People" - Jews of the Wild West 00:12
The old Acoma folks, our ancestors, referred to that as &quo...
Historians have mentioned that there were approximately six - Jews of the Wild West 00:11
Historians have mentioned that there were approximately six
They lived in structures that were three to four stories high. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
They lived in structures that were three to four stories hig...
Kind of like New York City at a smaller scale. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
Kind of like New York City at a smaller scale.
The Spanish killed a lot of Acoma people on the Mesa. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
The Spanish killed a lot of Acoma people on the Mesa.
Some seven hundred people were killed both men, women, and children. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
Some seven hundred people were killed both men, women, and c...
A lot of them held captive and taken to Mexico and Spain. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
A lot of them held captive and taken to Mexico and Spain.
With the Europeans came different kinds of illnesses - Jews of the Wild West 00:12
With the Europeans came different kinds of illnesses
By the mid-1850s, I believe, their population - Jews of the Wild West 00:12
By the mid-1850s, I believe, their population
Solomon Bibo came to the United States mainly because - Jews of the Wild West 00:15
Solomon Bibo came to the United States mainly because
Not only the Acoma, but also other tribes close by. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
Not only the Acoma, but also other tribes close by.