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SEE YOU IN TEMPE! SOHA 2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE APRIL 27-29
MESSAGE FROM
PRESIDENT
LookingTHE
Ahead:
Bridging Past, Present, and Future through Oral History
We look forward to greeting old friends and new at our 2017
SOHA
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at the
DoubleTree
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Tempe,
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all SOHA
members!
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Arizona! Special room rates are available at the hotel until April
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Our
thanksanagain
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workshops, plenaries, roundtable discussions, film screenings, social
Sarah Moorhead and Anna Coor for coordinating
events, networking, and a very special excursion to the renowned
such
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Heard aMuseum
for our
attendees. Over twenty presentations fill this
year’s program starting with a morning workshop on Thursday,
evening, 2016 James V. Mink awardee Virginia Espino will join
us for a special screening of her award-winning film No Más
Bebés.
On Saturday morning, April 29, we welcome UNLV colleague
William Bauer. An enrolled citizen of the Round Valley Indian
Tribes and professor of American Indian history at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, Bauer is the author of California Through
Native Eyes: Reclaiming History (University of Washington
Press, 2016) and “We Were All Like Migrant Workers Here”:
Work, Community and Memory on California’s Round Valley
Reservation, 1850-1941 (University of North Carolina Press,
2009). Our Saturday plenary luncheon brings Native scholars
Angelo Baca and Theresa Montoya from New York to screen
Caryll Batt Dziedziak, President
their film, Oral History through Film: Diné Filmmakers Sharing
the Stories of their People.
Last but not least, on Saturday afternoon this year’s conference
concludes offsite with a visit to the Heard Museum, which strives
Lastly, we still have a few vacancies on the
to be the world’s preeminent museum for American Indian art.
SOHA Board. We are currently looking to fill the
Don’t miss this year’s Annual Conference from April 27-29
positions
of Secretary,
CA Representative
and
in Tempe!
At SOHA,
we take tremendous
pride in creating
and
NM
Representative.
Please
consider
volunteeroffering a warm and receptive setting where everyone will feel
welcomed.
Sign
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our website:
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always,
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needed stability moving forward.
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barriers that the law removed, and asks if any remain in early twenty
first century society. This session is titled “Oral History: Policy and
Legislators”.
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ofmiss
Nevada,
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won’t want to
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presentation
on Saturday titled, “Join The Conversation: Cross
Community
Collaboration.”
Mar oral historians Suzi Resnik,
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Parkway
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Duval,
and
Tensia
Trejo’s
expertise will enlighten you with
Vegas, Nevada 89154-5020
core Email:
methodological
approaches
and techniques that engage their
[email protected]
communities. Visit the SOHA News Blog, sohanews.wordpress.
Office: 702-895- 5011
com, to learn about oral history collections, conferences, and
SOHA’s
Graduate
Assistant:
exhibits.
Please consider
submitting
your own article via email at
Stefani Evans
[email protected].
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Oral Histories and Lived Experiences
Farina King
In the 2000 census, 17,512 of 298,215 Navajos reported living in
Maricopa County, Arizona. Phoenix holds one of the largest Native
American populations in the U.S., which the 2010 census estimated
to be 43,724. As someone who has lived in the Phoenix area, I had the
pleasure and privilege to organize a panel for the upcoming SOHA
conference.
Jolyana Begay-Kroupa and Freddie Johnson of the Phoenix Indian
Center (PIC) Language and Culture Program will present on their efforts
to preserve oral histories. The PIC is the first and longest-running Native
American non-profit in the U.S., which was founded in 1947 to serve
the urban Native community with professional development, health,
education, and language and cultural programs [1]. I will participate in
sessions regarding Native boarding school experiences.
The Phoenix Indian School was the largest boarding school in
the Southwest, which operated from the 1890s to 1990. As a former
instructor at Arizona State University (ASU), I initiated a service
learning project for the Phoenix Indian School Legacy Project with
Patty Talahongva, community development manager of Native
American Connections, to transcribe student oral histories. We
anticipate the opening of the cultural center exhibit that will feature
the oral histories in the renovated music building of the Phoenix Steele
Indian School Park.
I worked with students at ASU and later Northeastern State
University (NSU) to create exhibit designs based on Native American
(primarily Navajo) boarding school student oral histories. The NSU
students include SOHA presenters Diana Dellinger (a first-year in
Notes From SOHA Desk
By Franklin Howard
Hello everyone! I hope many of you recognize
my name by now through all of the e-mails that I
bombard you with every few weeks. For those of
you who don’t, my name is Franklin Howard and
I’m SOHA’s current Graduate Assistant. I love
being able to serve SOHA in the way that I do by
managing the office. Thank you so much for the
opportunity. I thought it would be fun to talk a
little bit about what it is I do for the organization
on a daily basis. More often than not, my job
revolves around getting you all the information
that you need as fast as I possibly can. Beyond
that, my job is all about staying organized. I
maintain the member ship lists and keep a record
of when all of you register for the conference
in Tempe. (Hint, hint) While I love working for
you all behind the desk, I do love putting faces to
the e-mail addresses. I had so much fun meeting
SOHA members at the conference in Long Beach
in October. I’ll be working the check-in table
for Tempe so I’ll get to see all of you at least
once during those few days. I can’t wait to see
you there! If any of you ever need anything, I’m
always willing to help. You can find me every day
at [email protected].
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the American Studies MA) and Richard Ly (a junior majoring in
Mathematics Education and minoring in History). The panel, “Teaching
and Service-Learning with Native American Boarding School Oral
Histories,” will feature student experiences and work with these exhibit
design projects.
A roundtable featuring Lloyd Lee and Sharon Evans, whose parents
attended the Intermountain Boarding School in Brigham City, Utah,
also will focus on oral histories. At Saturday’s luncheon plenary,
Diné filmmakers and NYU anthropology doctoral candidates, Teresa
Montoya and Angelo Baca, will show their independent short films
that issues such as the Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition and the Gold
King Mine Waste Water Spill of 2015. The screenings will be followed
by Q&A with Baca and Montoya. And finally, in what will be a
conference highlight, on Saturday afternoon SOHA attendees are invited
to visit the Heard Museum which maintains the exemplary exhibit
of “Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School
Experience.”
Navajos have resurged to assert their self-determination and
presence. As protests, civil unrest, and activism and Indigenous
perspectives, memories, and stories come to the forefront. The
panelists of these featured sessions engage with everyday people, the
elders, students, veterans, and teachers, often forgotten, who stood for
Indigenous communities, peoplehood, and sovereignty. We hope that
you will attend and engage in these sessions, and I look forward to
seeing you all at SOHA 2017 in Tempe!
1.Sara Schwartzkopf, “Top 5 Cities with the Most Native Americans,” Indian Country Media Network, July
29, 2013.
NEW & RENEWED MEMBERSHIPS
1-YEAR
Nancy Bartlit
Shebana Coelho
Anna Coor
Jennifer Keil
Jane Meyers
2-YEAR
Mary Contini
Gordon
Sharon Hausam
Carlos Lopez
Jackie Malone
Andres Romero
Claudia Shambaugh
Show Low Historical Society
Harvey Schwartz
Fredric Watson
Jorge Rodriguez
Barbara Tabach
Mae Woods
LIFETIME
Paul Ortiz
RECENT
DONATIONS
Barbara Tabach
Suzi Resnik
…our thanks to all
for their continued
commitment to
SOHA!
SOHA NEWSLETTER
Our newsletter is published three times a year: Spring, Summer & Winter.
We welcome submissions regarding regional news, articles by oral
historians about oral history, reviews, and other items related to oral history.
Please send submissions to:
[email protected]
Co-editors: Marcia M. Gallo & Barbara Tabach
Our thanks to . . .
Dean Christopher Heavey
College of Liberal Arts, UNLV
for underwriting the costs of production
Email: [email protected]
Office: 702-895- 5011
SOHA’s Graduate Assistant:
Frankin Howard
Into History: Beginning Oral History Workshop
2017 SOHA CONFERENCE 2100 South Priest Drive Tempe, Arizona, 85282, USA THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 8:30 AM to 12 NOON Galleria A $20 with cost of registration 1.
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Overview Oral history is recognized as a unique qualitative research methodology. Widely utilized in a variety of disciplines this research design assists in the gathering and documenting of data not attainable through quantitative means. When used together with other approaches, its purposes and utility many times prove invaluable. Oral history allows for a greater understanding of the views of informants by allowing researchers to examine the how and what of social phenomena on a personal level. It also collects views from sources which might not otherwise be heard. This introductory workshop will help participants acquire the skills necessary to conduct in-­‐depth oral history interviews and to incorporate them into personal, public/community, or academic settings. Participants will learn how to: Prepare for, conduct, and transcribe oral history interviews Develop sound interview techniques Decide which basic electronic recording equipment will best meet their needs Utilize oral history in the media or for personal research purposes Gain experience working with local museums and historical organizations Create a work portfolio to add to a curriculum vita Workshop Moderator: Danette Turner and Sarah Moorhead Danette Turner is a local author and historian. She has been involved in the collection of oral history for nearly 18 years. She is a lifetime member of the Southwest Oral History Association and the national Oral History Association (OHA). She has conducted oral history training workshops for various groups in the cities of Chandler, Mesa, and Tempe as well as at Chandler-­‐Gilbert Community College and the Maricopa Community College District. Sarah Moorhead will be assisting Danette Turner. Sarah is a Past President of the Southwest Oral History Association. She was the Coordinator of the Mesa Room at the Mesa Public Library and a board member of the Mesa Historical Society, which had a joint oral history project. She and Danette Turner team-­‐taught several oral history workshops. For more information, please contact Danette Turner at: [email protected]