10/16 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Navajo Oral History Project by Tom Grier

Navajo Oral History Project

Join us this Wednesday October 16 at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum on the Navajo Oral History Project, presented by Tom Grier, Associate Professor, Mass Communication.

Summer 2013 marks the fifth year of the Navajo Oral History project; a collaboration between Winona State University and Diné College of the Navajo Nation. WSU and DC students in teams do a service project for a Navajo elder, then research, interview, photograph, write and edit documentaries about the elder. The documentaries are archived at the Navajo Nation Museum and Library, in the Diné College and Winona State University libraries and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. Students gain experience while creating respectful historically accurate documentaries.

This presentation highlights goals and processes, and will show student videos.