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Robert Cruz, #11 Project Files

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Project Files

Scope and Contents

From the Series: 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)

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