Interviews with Marie James, Della Pecore and Group with Field Notes

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SIDE A: Field notes by David and Donna Eyde (Aug 22–26, 1967) including audio recordings relating to the Hopi reservation concerning economic, educational, land, health, and employment issues.

SIDE B: Field notes including audio recordings and three oral history interviews including audio recordings and transcripts:

  1. Field notes by David and Donna Eyde (Aug 26, 1967, Aug 31, 1967) relating to their impressions of the Hopi reservation.
  2. Oral history interview with Hopi woman, Marie James (pseudonym) (Aug 30, 1967), relating to reservation changes; boarding school; intertribal marriage; mixed marriage; tribal politics and council; B.I.A. treatment and forced change; inheritance patterns; clan functions; youth; oil company suit and leases and land disputes.
  3. Oral history interview with white training supervisor of BVD plant in Winslow, Arizona, Della Pecore (Sep 1, 1967), relating to BVD plant and job concerns; Hopi and Navajo employees; family problems of employees; recruitment; adjustment to job; working conditions; learning abilities of Indigenous employees.
  4. Oral history group interview with Hopi individuals at a bar in Winslow, Arizona (Sept 1, 1967) including an audio recording and transcript relating to employment; land use; military service; intertribal relations; Indian-White relations; tribal politics; education; Hopi life and culture. [Some individuals are given names that may be pseudonyms: Richard, Jim, John and Ray.]