Indians of North America -- Colorado
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In an uncharacteristically short interview given at his 88th birthday party, Al Look tells local radio personality Bob Collins about helping to publish a comic newspaper at the University of Nebraska, about the dinosaur find in No Thoroughfare Canyon that led to his interest in archaeology, and about a dig on an Ancestral Pueblo culture site near Montrose, Colorado. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration...
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Don Mackendrick, Professor Emeritus of history from Colorado Mesa University, talks about the history of the Teller Institute, or Indian School, of Grand Junction, Colorado during a presentation to the Plateau Valley Historical Society in Collbran, Colorado. He talks about abuses against Indian students, about the school’s philosophy and directives, and about ways in which the school was largely a failed educational venture. This recording is made...
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Professor Dan Roberts of Colorado Mesa University discusses the history and culture of the Ute Indians, Chief Ouray, and the removal of the Ute from Colorado by the U.S. Government during a lecture to a meeting of the Mesa County Historical Society. This recording is made available via signed release by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries, the Museums of Western Colorado and the Mesa County Historical Society....
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To mark the centennial celebration of the town of Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981, the Mesa County Oral History Project wrote and recorded several radio plays about local history. Beginning on September 26, 1981, local radio stations KSTR, KREX-AM, KREX-FM, and KMSA broadcast the plays. Authors of the plays used interviews recorded by the Mesa County Oral History Project as inspiration. This archival recording contains the play The Teller Institute,...
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John Hart talks about his childhood in Grand Junction, Colorado, his bout with polio that left him lame, and his early career with the Colorado Department of Fish and Game. He recounts some history of the department and speaks about aspects of his career, including encounters with Native Americans. He also describes encounters with poachers, cattle rustlers, and bootleggers. He speaks about his family history. He describes training US troops in survival...
