Interview with Dr. Florence Schroeder, Education Department, UNM

Description: 

Subjects: Dr. Schroeder's experience with Indians. Understanding Indian tradition, a prerequisite for teaching Indian children. Insecure environment of the BIA schools and its effect on children. The need for community schools. Navajo speech defect. Indian art, stories, myths integrated into Indian education, Navajo customs and philosophy. Set-backs of pre-school Indian children. Culture expressed by diet, vitamin D deficiency

Tribe, Community, Culture: 
Miscellaneous
Community: 
University of New Mexico
Protocol: 
University of New Mexico Public Access
Category: 
Community Life & Family Life, Education, Oral History & Interviews
Keywords: 
Personal experiences, Education, Integrating Navajo culture into education, Navajo customs, Philosophy, Diet, Non-native perspectives
Collections: 
University of New Mexico
Original Date: 
1970 March 16th
Creator: 
Florence Schroeder
Contributor: 
Gertrude Adams
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of New Mexico. Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Source: 
MSS 314
External Links: 
Publisher: 
Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, The University of New Mexico Libraries
Identifier: 
MSS 314_500-2
Subject: 
Navajo Indians -- Education, Biography
Type: 
Audio, Transcript
Format: 
MP3, PDF