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Oral history interview with Garland Kent

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Title

Oral history interview with Garland Kent

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School--Alumni and alumnae

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

Description

Garland Kent (Otoe/Ponca/Iowa), a 1958 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, looks back fondly on his time as a student there. He discusses the activities he was involved in, the various chores he had to do on the school farm, and meeting his future wife in the ninth grade. Garland then goes on to discuss his recent retirement from his career at ConocoPhillips where he was a part of the Emergency Response Team. He ends with sharing his experiences about being the coordinator of the Chilocco Powwow for the past several years.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_366

Interviewer

Pearson Little Thunder, Julie

Interviewee

OHMS Object

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Interview Keyword

Ponca heritage

Otoe heritage

Career

Social Bookmarking

Citation

“Oral history interview with Garland Kent,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/2676.