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Oral history interview with Virginia McDonald Rush

Title

Oral history interview with Virginia McDonald Rush

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School--Alumni and alumae

Indians of North America--Education

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

Indians of North America--Wars--Veterans

United States. Army

Description

Virginia McDonald Rush (Ponca), a 1956 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, talks about her time at Chilocco and some of her activities, like band and the cosmetology program. She shares why she joined the military and explains how well prepared she was for it because of Chilocco. Rush describes some of her military experiences which included playing softball. She discusses her later career as an Indian education coordinator. She mentions some of the important people in her life and her current involvement with Chilocco.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_299

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Interviewee

Rush, Virginia McDonald

OHMS Object

access interview in full screen

Interview Keyword

Military experience

Field sports

Social Bookmarking

Citation

“Oral history interview with Virginia McDonald Rush,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 20, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/2630.