Interview with Matilda Ornita

Summary: 
Interview with Matilda Ornita on her life by Theodore Rios.
Description: 

Theodore Rios interviewing Matilda Ornita on her life growing up near Quijotoa and Ka-waha, living with her grandparents, the arrival of the train and purchasing goods, moving to Tucson, harvesting and selling grass, and harvesting cactus.

Location: 
Location Description: 

Arizona

Protocol: 
Tohono O'Odham Nation Open Access
Community: 
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category: 
Community Life and Family Life, History, Lands and Ecological Knowledge, Oral History and Interviews
Keywords: 
Agriculture, Transportation, Migration, Cactus
Collections: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project
Original Date: 
1905 May 15th
Creator: 
Matilda Ornita, Theodore Rios
Contributor: 
Bernard L. Fontana
Language: 
O'odham
Source: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project, Arizona State Museum Library and Archives, University of Arizona
Identifier: 
78-57-048_Side_1, 78-57_d3_f54
Subject: 
Tohono O'odham Indians--Women, Tohono O'odham Indians--Agriculture
Type: 
Sound
Format: 
One 5-inch reel (27 minutes), One transcript (2 pages)