Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
American Indian Oral History and Omaha Folklore Project Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0018
Scope and Contents
The American Indian Oral History and Omaha Folklore Project Oral History Collection contains oral history interviews of Native Americans in Omaha, Nebraska as well as interviews collected as part of a program called the Oral History Collection of the Omaha Folklore Project. The interviews cover the cultures and personal histories of interviewees in the U.S. as well as leaving Europe in the first half of the 20th Century. Topics of discussion include life in Omaha, World War I, the Great...
Dates:
circa 1970-1980
American Indian Oral History: Interview with Vard Johnson, Interview Date: 1975 December 10, Date Digitized: 2/8/2017
File
Identifier: MSS0018_au040
Scope and Contents
The oral history interview of Vard Johnson, Director of the Legal Aid Society in Omaha, was conducted by UNO student Richard W. Peterson on December 10, 1975. Johnson primarily discussed the Navajo Reservation. Johnson shared his experiences providing legal services while he served on the Navajo Reservation. He also discussed the costs of the U.S. government limiting self-determination of Native American tribes.
Dates:
Interview Date: 1975 December 10; Date Digitized: 2/8/2017
