Interview with Joe Giff

Summary: 
Interview with Joe Giff on his knowledge of the Battle of Pima Butte and the landscape of the area by Nicholas Houser.
Description: 

Interview with Joe Giff on his knowledge of the Battle of Pima Butte, place names, history, and the landscape of the area while traveling south of his home near Gila Crossing to Pima Butte, Sand Hills, Morgan's Station, and Maricopa Wells, Arizona. Giff also tells the origin story in Pima.

Location: 
Location Description: 

Pima Butte area

Protocol: 
Gila River Indian Community Open Access
Community: 
Gila River Indian Community
Category: 
History, Oral History and Interviews, War and Conflict
Keywords: 
Warfare
Collections: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project
Original Date Description: 
Recorded on August 19, 21, September 18, and 21, 1970
Original Date: 
1970
Creator: 
Joe Giff
Contributor: 
Nicholas P. Houser
Language: 
English, Pima
Source: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Identifier: 
78-57-250_Side_1, 78-57-251_Side1b, 78-57-254_Side_1, 78-57-254_Side_2, MS51_d4_f40
Subject: 
Maricopa Wells, Battle of, Ariz., 1857
Type: 
Sound, Text
Format: 
Three 5-inch reels (154 minutes), One transcript (45 pages)