John Duncan Collection of California Maidu Oral Histories and Music and Plains Indian Music, 1960-1965.

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John Duncan Collection of California Maidu Oral Histories and Music and Plains Indian Music, 1960-1965.

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This collection of field recordings was donated to the University of New Mexico, Archive of Southwestern Music by John W. Duncan. The first part of the collection is a copy of field work done by researcher Edith Murphy with Lucy Young, a member of the Wintun tribe of Northern California. Murphy provided these recordings to the Mendocino County School System, in Ukiah, California, in 1960-65 and allowed UNM to make taped copies. The rest of the Duncan collection contains oral interviews with Bryan Beavers, John Davis, John Day and Lizzie Enos, members of the Maidu tribe. The interviews cover many aspects of traditional Maidu Indian culture, the acculturation of the tribe, and the pressures of the modern world. Bryan Beavers discusses his life, occupations, family and issues surrounding the California mining labor strike of 1930. There are interviews with Mr. and Mrs. Jackson of the Hupa tribe with stories, life histories and songs by them. Duncan's recordings also include traditional songs, stories and their meanings by Lizzie Enos and others. The collection also includes several songs of the Sioux, Paiute and Shoshone tribes collected by Duncan.

19 sound cassettes (ca 28.5 hrs.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 6955122

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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