Interview with Alonso Flores

Summary: 
Oral history interview with farmer and engineer Alonso Flores by Timothy Dunnigan.
Description: 

Oral history interview with Alonso Flores by Timothy Dunnigan on topics including his family history, Apache attacks on Tohono O'odham villages, growing up on the reservation at the San Xavier Mission, farming on his family's allotment, going to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma and the Phoenix Indian School, and his career as an engineer in Concho, Oklahoma.

Location: 
Location Description: 

San Xavier Indian Reservation, Arizona

Protocol: 
Tohono O'Odham Nation Open Access
Community: 
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category: 
Community Life and Family Life, Education, Lands and Ecological Knowledge, Oral History and Interviews
Keywords: 
Indian Schools, Agriculture, Engineering
Collections: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project
Original Date Description: 
Recorded on June 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 29, and August 7, 1969.
Original Date: 
1969
Creator: 
Alonso Flores
Contributor: 
Timothy Dunnigan
Language: 
English
Source: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project, Arizona State Museum Library and Archives, University of Arizona
Identifier: 
78-57-021, 78-57-022, 78-57-023, 78-57-024, 78-57-025, 78-57-026, 78-57-027, 78-57-028, 78-57-029, 78-57-030, MS51_d2_f66
Subject: 
Engineers--Oklahoma, Mission San Xavier del Bac (Tucson, Ariz.), Tohono O'odham Indians--Agriculture, Chilocco Indian School, Phoenix Indian School
Type: 
Sound, Text
Format: 
Ten 5-inch reels (645 minutes), One transcript (353 pages)