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Oral history interview with Davene Alford

Title

Oral history interview with Davene Alford

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Indians of North America--Education

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

Indians of North America--Wars--Veterans

Description

Davene Alford (Creek and Seneca), a 1946 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, followed in the footsteps of her family to attend the school. She talks about her family's history with the school and shares some of her own personal memories from her time there as a student. Alford discusses her husband, also a graduate of Chilocco, and some of the work that he did, including his work in the school�s National Guard unit. She explains the type of skills she learned while there such as laundry, cooking, and sewing. Alford also acknowledges the role Chilocco has played in her life.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_255

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Interviewee

Alford, Davene, 1928-2017

OHMS Object

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Citation

“Oral history interview with Davene Alford,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/222.