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Title: Joe Gaines Interview, October 17, 2020
Date: October 17, 2020
Creator: Joe Gaines; Kai Walther
Description: Joe Gaines, Choctaw from SE Oklahoma and member of Rebrand Washington Football and No Stadium, No Name Change, speaks with interviewer Kai Walther at Malcolm X Park for the Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration. He discusses learning about and challenging narratives from family and school about Christopher Columbus and the police. He calls for people to do something with this information once they learn about it, and how events such as Indigenous Peoples Day and more visibility and conversations around Native issues can help bring positive change.
Subject: Choctaw; Native American; Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples Day; Columbus Day; Malcolm X Park; police; government; Christopher Columbus; Rebrand Washington Football; No Name Change, No Stadium; spirituality; Christianity; history; education
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2332
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Kelcy Interview, October 9, 2020
Date: October 9, 2020
Creator: Kelcy; Adrienne Pine
Description: Kelcy is a transfer student at American University, currently a third-year anthropology major. COVID has had affected her in a number of ways, one of those being the death of a family member. Additionally, Kelcy had to move back in with her mom instead of moving to DC, and she hasn't seen her dad in over a year because of restrictions on international flights. Despite these challenges, Kelcy credits her parents with getting her through the crisis, as well as her partner. Her goal of getting into law school has helped her to stay motivated in school. She hopes that people grow to understand the importance of community from this pandemic, especially because the government is not providing needed support. Ideally, she says the government should listen more to people and offer free access to treatment and testing. Finally, she hopes that society moves away from capitalism, which has shown itself to be unsustainable.
Subject: COVID-19; pandemic; American University; family; parents; death; education; community; capitalism; government
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2269
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.