Arizona State Museum American Indian Oral History Collection
This oral history project was created to provide a record of oral traditions by and for the Native American people. The collection contains 615 sound cassettes and 219 typed transcripts. The bulk of the collection is from Apache, Navajo, Pima, Tohono O'Odham, and Yaqui informants. Other tribes from Arizona and Mexico are also represented: including the Mohave, Hopi, Seri, Tarahumara, and Yavapai. The interviews discuss personal and family histories, along with topics such as social culture, education, folklore, health and health care, history, language, and religion.
Title: American Indian Oral History Collection, 1966-1972.
Description: 615 sound cassettes, 221 transcripts. The sound cassettes are organized by accession number, 78-57-1 through 78-57-615.
Restrictions: Certain portions of the collection are restricted. Researchers are required to use the sound cassettes.
Summary: This oral history project was created to provide a record of oral traditions by and for the Native American people. The collection contains 615 sound cassettes and 219 typed transcripts. The bulk of the collection is from Apache, Navajo, Pima, Tohono O'Odham, and Yaqui informants. Other tribes from Arizona and Mexico are also represented: including the Mohave, Hopi, Seri, Tarahumara, and Yavapai. The interviews discuss personal and family histories, along with topics such as social culture, education, folklore, health and health care, history, language, and religion.
Interviews with Acoma, Apache, Chiricahua, Chemehuevi, Chontal, Dakota, Eskimos, Havasupai, Hualapai, Juaneño, Maricopa, Mexican, Mormon, Muslim, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Quechua, San Juan, Santa Clara, Seri, Spanish-American, Tarahumara, Tewa, Tohono O'Odham, Tiwa, Western Apache, Yaqui, Yavapai, and Yuman informants.
Biographical/Historical Notes: The Doris Duke American Indian oral history project was designed to encourage Native peoples to record their own culture from their own viewpoint. The Doris Duke Foundation funded universities from seven states, including the University of Arizona, to conduct the oral history projects. The six other universities are the University of California at Los Angeles, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. The project at the University of Arizona was under the direction of Dr. Bernard L. Fontana and the majority of the interviews were conducted by anthropology graduate students between 1966 and 1972.
Language: All transcripts are in English. Sound recordings are in English, Apache, Spanish, Tohono O'Odham, and various other Native American Languages.
Additional Authors/Contributors: Doris Duke Foundation, University of Arizona, Bureau of Ethnic Research.
Subject(s):
Indians of North America--History--Sources.
Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Indians of North America--Biography.
Indians of North America--Arizona.
Indians of Mexico--Religion.
Acoma Indians.
Apache Indians.
Chiricahua Indians.
Chemehuevi Indians.
Chontal Indians.
Eskimos.
Havasupai Indians.
Juaneño Indians.
Maricopa Indians.
Mexicans.
Mormons.
Muslims.
Mohave Indians.
Navajo Indians.
Seri Indians.
Dakota Indians--Education.
Spanish Americans.
Tarahumara Indians.
Tewa Indians.
Tohono O'Odham Indians.
Tiwa Indians.
Western Apache Indians.
Yaqui Indians.
Yavapai Indians.
Yuman Indians.
GUIDE CREATOR NOTE: No digital files are available for these interviews. Researchers must use sound cassettes at the Arizona State Museum to access interviews. No Traditional Knowledge (TK) Labels are present on the collection information page.
For more information on the Arizona State Museum Archives and their American Indian Oral History Collection, please visit their website here.