Interview with Samuel Day, Jr.

Summary: 
Interview with Samuel Day, Jr. on his life growing up on the Navajo reservation by Bernard L. Fontana.
Description: 

Interview with Samuel Day, Jr. on his father, Samuel Day, Sr. who knew Teddy Roosevelt, worked at Fort Defiance, and ran a trading post near Window Rock, their family's land and raising cattle on the reservation, selling their land to Sister Katherine Drexel, moving to Chinle, exploring Canyon de Chelly and Canyon de Muerte,and the rights and citizenship of Navajo people by Bernard L. Fontana.

Location: 
Location Description: 

St. Michaels, Arizona

Protocol: 
Navajo Nation Open Access
Community: 
Navajo Nation
Category: 
History, Oral History and Interviews
Collections: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project
Original Date Description: 
Recorded in April 1960.
Creator: 
Samuel Day, Jr.
Contributor: 
Bernard L. Fontana
Language: 
English
Source: 
Doris Duke Native American Oral History Project, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona
Identifier: 
78-57-369_Side-1, 78-57-369_Side-2, 78-57-370_Side-1, 78-57-370_Side-2, 78-57-371_Side-1, 78-57-371_Side-2, 78-57-372_Side-1, 78-57-372_Side-2, MS51_d3_f51
Type: 
Sound, Text
Format: 
Four 5-inch reels (258 minutes), One transcript (130 pages)