Primary Sources: Native Americans - American Indians - Indigenous Americans: Women

From the Voices of Oklahoma oral history collection.

This project by a group of librarians, scholars and University of Nebraska Press staff provides online access to the Nebraska edition of the Lewis and Clark journals, edited by Gary E. Moulton. Users can search the journals or read them by date. Additional links to sites about Lewis and Clark are also provided.

"Arigon Starr explains how she fell in love with theater and bass guitar while living on a naval base in the Philippines. She remembers the intertribal education she received while living in Los Angeles and how her secretarial stints at Viacom and Showtime, among others, taught her how to promote her own work. She discusses the importance of Native comic and graphic novel collectives in producing and promoting Native-written and illustrated comic books and graphic novels. She also talks about creating a series of graphic novels based on the outlaw stories by Cherokee writer Robert Conley."

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Joan Hill, a professional artist, describes her childhood and the role her family has played in her life and career. She explains the influence of Dick West on her decision to pursue a career in Native art. She mentions some of the important people she has worked with and the projects she has done. Hill comments on the issues she sees facing Indian communities today and her goals for expressing those in her artwork. She goes on to talk about her creative process and artistic style choices."

"At the 2018 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a guest named Jennifer brought in a dress and moccasins that were worn by her great-great-aunt, Ruth Muskrat Bronson, during a visit to the White House in December 1923. The dress and moccasins were accompanied by an early photograph of Bronson, a photograph of Bronson and President Coolidge at the White House, and the original speech Bronson presented to the president.

The content of the speech, which focused on the request for civil rights for Native Americans, prompted Coolidge to invite Bronson back to the White House at a later date"