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Interview with Larry L. Notash, 1973

 

1973-05-16

 

Interviewer: Wing, Ernest

Larry Notash grew up going back and forth between San Diego and Oklahoma. His father was Navajo and served as a United States Marine, and his mother was a Choctaw from Oklahoma. Notash graduated from Oceanside High School and was a student at MiraCosta College at the time of this interview. Notash describes his family life and what it was like living on a reservation in Oklahoma. He mentions the loneliness of being the only Indian at MiraCosta College and discusses local Indian organizations and classes around San Diego at the time. He also shares his thoughts on a variety of subjects including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the American Indian Movement (AIM), drug use among Indians, and Christopher Columbus. Notash expresses his support for American Indian cultural programs and education, as well as Indians and the United States government meeting halfway instead of Indians being solely reliant on welfare.

Larry L. Notash; Ernest Wing; Interviews; Oral Histories; Bureau of Indian Affairs; American Indian Movement; AIM; Choctaws; MiraCosta College; Christopher Columbus; American Indians; Native Americans; Indigenous peoples; Reservation life

 

 

 

 

 

English

 

Audiotape

00:48:09

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Audio

MP3

58.59 MB