Gallup Region (N.M.) -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Carol Sullivan Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-659-BC
Abstract
This collection contains papers of Carol Sullivan, an anthropologist, who did extensive research on the American Indian Movement (AIM), especially the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Other topics include AIDS, Amazon region (Brazil), Chiapas, corrections and mental health, Grants and Gallup area mining and general history.
Dates:
1923-2014; Majority of material found within 1973-2000
Sally Noe collection of Gallup oral histories and Southwest Native American music
Collection
Identifier: MSS-837-BC
Abstract
This collection contains oral history interviews, conducted in the 1980s-1990s with non-Native American people who describe their lives in the Gallup area. Their recollections date back to the early and mid-1900s. Interviewees include Indian trading post owners, rug traders, miners, railroad workers, loggers, ranchers, teachers, business operators, politicians, a Medal of Honor winner and a movie star stand-in. There are also several recordings of Navajo, Pueblo and Comanche music from ca....
Dates:
circa 1920-2011; Majority of material found within (, 1979-1990)