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Skenandore, Amy, 1915-1990

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Chicago American Indian oral history project records

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Oral History
Abstract Reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes, and edited typewritten transcripts of oral interviews with twenty-three long-time American Indian residents of Chicago completed as part of a project conducted under the auspices of the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian and funded by the Illinois Humanities Council, 1982-1984. Also a published index and finding aid to the transcripts, an unpublished manuscript entitled "Native Voices in the City" incorporating excerpts from the...
Dates: 1982-1985

St. Augustine's Center for American Indians records

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Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-St. Augustines
Abstract Records of the Saint Augustine's Center for American Indians in Chicago, which provided casework and supportive services for the city’s Native American community, 1961-2006. The Center was founded by Father Peter J. Powell to offer social services to American Indian families newly arrived in Chicago as part of the BIA’s Indian Relocation Program. This federal program moved Indian families from the reservations to major cities, arranged for housing and jobs, and withdrew...
Dates: 1957-2016

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Audiotapes 1
Dakota Indians -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Indians of North America -- Middle West -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Oral histories (literary works) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1951-2000 1