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Oral history interview with Nancy Elliott and Ramona McCready

Title

Oral history interview with Nancy Elliott and Ramona McCready

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School--Alumni and alumnae

Boarding school students

Female friendship

Description

Nancy Elliott (Cherokee) and Ramona McCready (Choctaw), 1957 graduates of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, fondly recall their memories as best friends at the school. McCready reminisces over how she met Elliott, and the two laugh as they remember the practical jokes they used to play on each other and with the other students. They each go on to discuss where their lives after graduation and about their long distance friendship.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_376

Interviewer

Milligan, Sarah

Interviewee

McCready, Ramona

OHMS Object

access interview in full screen

Interview Keyword

Cherokee heritage

Choctaw heritage

career

Women's friendship

Social Bookmarking

Citation

“Oral history interview with Nancy Elliott and Ramona McCready,” Chilocco History Project, accessed April 19, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/2684.