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Oral history interview with Maurice Howe

Title

Oral history interview with Maurice Howe

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

Vietnam War (1961-1975)

Veterans--Mental health

Description

Maurice Howe (Ponca) attended Chilocco Indian Agricultural School as a postgraduate student. He talks about some of his memories as a student and how training in the operation and maintenance of heavy equipment he received there helped shape his career. Howe also discusses his military service in Vietnam where he was assigned to an engineer unit. He recalls experiences working with heavy equipment and describes his career in the construction business.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_261

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Interviewee

OHMS Object

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Citation

“Oral history interview with Maurice Howe,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/228.