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Oral history interview with Don Patterson

Patterson, Don.JPG

Title

Oral history interview with Don Patterson

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School--Alumni and alumnae

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

United States. Air Force

Description

Don Patterson (Tonkawa) attended Chilocco Indian Agricultural School a few years before deciding to volunteer for military service in 1957. He reminisces about his student days and talks about his involvement in many different clubs and organizations, his favorite teachers, and his time in the automobile mechanics courses. Patterson later goes on to discuss enlisting in the United States Air Force and the experiences he had with that, as well as his leadership of the Fort Oakland Drum Group.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_367

Interviewer

Pearson Little Thunder, Julie

Interviewee

OHMS Object

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Interview Keyword

Tonkawa heritage

military experience

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Citation

“Oral history interview with Don Patterson,” Chilocco History Project, accessed May 18, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/2677.