Anthropology 399B Seminar with Dr. Orpha McPherson

Summary: 
Dr. Orpha McPherson speaks about her experience teaching in Indian day schools starting in 1934 in Arizona and Oklahoma and later as an administrator.
Description: 

Dr. Orpha McPherson speaks about her experience teaching in Indian day schools starting in 1934 in Arizona on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, in Oklahoma, and later as an administrator. This class was an anthropology seminar for University of Arizona graduate students on Tohono O'odham culture taught by Bernard Fontana and Daniel Matson.

Location: 
Location Description: 

Tucson, Arizona

Protocol: 
Tohono O'Odham Nation Open Access
Community: 
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category: 
Education, Speech and Oratory
Keywords: 
Teachers, Indian Schools
Collections: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project
Original Date: 
1970 April 17th
Creator: 
Dr. Orpha Mcpherson
Contributor: 
Daniel S. Matson, Bernard L. Fontana
Language: 
English
Source: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Identifier: 
78-57-150_Side_02, 78-57_d4_f8
Subject: 
Tohono O'odham Indians--Education
Type: 
Sound, Text
Format: 
One 5-inch reel (46 minutes), One transcript (32 pages)