Doris Duke Indian Oral History Collection
Scope and Contents
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Oral history collection. Typescripts of interviews conducted with hundreds of American Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective tribes. Included are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-1972
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Use of this collection restricted to microcopies.
Extent
695 Cassettes (695 cassettes)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Project conducted by the American Indian Institute of the University of Oklahoma, with funding from Doris Duke.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sound cassettes: Source of acquisition--Project conducted by the American Indian Institute of the University of Oklahoma, with funding from Doris Duke. Date of acquisition--1972.
Alternate Form Available
Also available in microfiche. Greenwhich, Conn.. Johnson Associates. 1981.
Alternate Form Available
Also available online.
Reproduction Note
Type of reproduction--Also available in bound typescripts.
Subject
- United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs (Organization)
- United States. Cherokee Commission (Organization)
- University of Oklahoma. American Indian Institute (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- African Americans -- Relations with Indians
- Agriculture -- Indian Territory
- American bison
- Apache Indians -- Oklahoma -- Fort Sill
- Arapaho Indians
- Banks and banking -- Indian Territory
- Birds -- Oklahoma
- Buildings -- Indian Territory
- Caddo Indians
- Cayuga Indians
- Cherokee Indians
- Cheyenne Indians
- Chickasaw Indians
- Choctaw Indians
- Church buildings -- Indian Territory
- Church buildings -- Oklahoma
- Cities and towns -- Indian Territory
- Cities and towns -- Oklahoma
- Comanche Indians
- Courts -- Indian Territory
- Cowboys -- Indian Territory
- Cowboys -- Oklahoma
- Creek Indians
- Delaware Indians
- Folklore -- Indian Territory
- Fox Indians
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Indian Territory
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma
- Genealogy
- Ghosts -- Indian Territory
- Indian art -- North America
- Indian dance -- North America
- Indian mythology -- North America
- Indians -- North America -- Kings and rulers
- Indians of North America -- Agriculture
- Indians of North America -- Calendars
- Indians of North America -- Folklore
- Indians of North America -- Folklore
- Indians of North America -- Genealogy
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene
- Indians of North America -- Marriage customs and rites
- Indians of North America -- Medicine
- Indians of North America -- Music
- Indians of North America -- Oklahoma
- Indians of North America -- Religion
- Indians of North America -- Rites and ceremonies
- Indians of North America -- Wars
- Iowa Indians
- Kickapoo Indians
- Kiowa Apache Indians
- Kiowa Indians
- Miami Indians
- Osage Indians
- Oto Indians
- Ottawa Indians
- Pawnee Indians
- Peoria Indians
- Peyotism
- Pioneers -- Indian Territory
- Pioneers -- Oklahoma
- Ponca Indians
- Potawatomi Indians
- Quapaw Indians
- Sauk Indians
- Seminole Indians
- Seneca Indians
- Shawnee Indians
- Stores, Retail -- Oklahoma
- Wichita Indians
- Women -- Oklahoma
- Wyandot Indians
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu