Robert Cruz, #11
Series
Scope and Contents
Abstract: 9/21/2012, 10/25/2013. In tape one of this interview, Cruz discusses social, political and cultural impacts on his upbringing and early education. He outlines educational disparities and intergenerational experiences of growing up in borderlands. In tape two, he discusses questions of migration and outlines his high school and early college education. He concludes with an overview of his involvement in AIM. In tape three, he looks to international movements and relates them to AIM initiatives. He addresses language shift and loss at the end of this interview. In his second interview, Cruz expands on more detailed knowledge of AIM and its key members.
Dates
- 2012-2015
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, with Native American language interspersed in some of the interviews
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 5 Boxes (44 interviews)
Abstract
Robert Cruz is Tohono O’odham from Arizona and a graduate student at UNM in the College of Education. He is an activist and a former member of the American Indian Movement. He is from Itak, Arizona.
General
Keywords/Topics: Tohono O'odham; San Javier Hospital; Tucson, Arizona; Hogwaia; Catholicism; St. Johns Indian Boarding School; Riverside Sherman Institute; Ocho Elementary School; Nationhood and borderlands; Mexican government and land claims; Richard Seely High School; O'odham pilgrimage; Wesleyan University; Traders Report; Police Violence; AIM; Lenny Foster; Vernon Bellacourt; Dennis Banks; Norman Ration; National Congress of American Indians; Poor People's Campaign; Angela Davis; Warren Kimbro; Black Panther Party; incarceration; transnational and international solidarity; Tucson Indian Center; Clyde Warrior, Mike Upshaw, Harvey Wells; Indians Against Exploitation in Gallup; Occupation of Wounded Knee; The Longest Walk; BIA Takeover; Trail of Broken Treaties; Dick Wilson papers; American Indians Against Desecration
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451