{"id":10516,"date":"2013-06-07T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=10516"},"modified":"2013-06-07T18:25:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T18:25:11","slug":"nal-ohs-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2013\/06\/07\/nal-ohs-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU’s Native American Longhouse Eena Haws (Beaver House) Staff Oral History Interviews, Spring 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> “Eena Haws” means “Beaver House” (beaver image by Haida Nation artist Clarence Mills)<\/p>\n

In a collaborative\u00a0effort between the OSU Native American Longhouse Eena Haws\u00a0(NAL)<\/a>, Natchee Barnd,\u00a0an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Native American Studies as part of the School of Language, Culture, and Society, and the\u00a0OMA, we now have 7 oral history interviews with NAL staff members!<\/p>\n

All interviewees were asked to share their experiences working at the NAL, give their perspective regarding\u00a0the significance of the new Longhouse, and offer their ideas for the future of the Longhouse.<\/p>\n

Hali’a Parish, Office Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a> and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nHali’a was born September 15, 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her hometown is Kapolei, Hawaii on the island of O’ahu. At the time of the interview she was a junior studying Business.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: May 21, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:24:04
\nInterviewer: Natchee Barnd
\nTranscriber: Hope Ervin-Murillo<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nParish discusses her experiences and personal growth working on campus in the Native American Longhouse; her thoughts on the importance of diversity development in OSU and the local community; the joys and challenges of learning the Native American culture; the success of NAL participation in events such as Heritage Month, Connect Week, the annual Salmon Bake and the Grand Opening of the new Native American Longhouse; the September retreat in Salem for cultural centers staff; the opening of the new longhouse and the sense of community within; her ideas for Native Hawaiian activities, collaboration with the P0lynesian Culture Club and Hui o Hawai’i, and outreach to the local population; her advice to future longhouse staff; and her experiences as a Native Hawaiian both in Hawaii and here at OSU.<\/p>\n

Carmen L\u00f3pez, Office Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a> and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nCarmen\u00a0was born November 2,\u00a01991, in Portland, Oregon. Her hometown is The Dalles, Oregon. At the time of the interview she was a junior double majoring in Human Development\u00a0& Family Sciences and Spanish.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: May 22, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:22:30
\nInterviewer: Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez
\nTranscribers: Johnathan Ngo & Anna Brecheisen<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nL\u00f3pez discusses her experience working as an office assistant at NAL and learning about Native cultures; the NAL booth on Earth Day; the Salmon Bake event; the importance of salmon and camas to the tribes of the Pacific Northwest and the need to better communicate the meaning of salmon, camas, and dream catchers to event attendees; her experiences as a non-Native member of the staff; her feelings on missing the old Quonset hut, her advice for future non-Native NAL staff and any staff working in cultural centers they don\u2019t racially or ethnically identify with the center in which they work; the significance of the full name of the new Longhouse; her ideas about the NAL collaborating with the 4Cs; and the positive effect of OSU 0n her personal identity as Latina, Mexicana, and Chicana.<\/p>\n

Daniel C\u00e1rdenas, GTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a>\u00a0and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nDaniel was born May 24, 1985, in Anaheim Hills, California.\u00a0His hometown is a suburb of Sacramento, Fair Oaks, California. At the time of the interview he was a first year grad student studying College Student Services Administration.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: May 23, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:55:02
\nInterviewer: Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez
\nTranscriber: Hope Ervin-Murillo<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nC\u00e1rdenas discusses the challenges, responsibilities, and growth he has experienced working as a graduate teaching assistance in the Longhouse; the events of Native Heritage Month; the planning and challenges of opening and moving into the new Longhouse, the annual Pow Wow thrown by NASA; relationships with other cultural centers staff, ideas for intercultural center collaboration; the Oregon One Percent for Art law and the art in the new Longhouse, including the art of artist Shirod Younker; the importance of honoring intersecting identities, the generosity of the local Native community; ideas about bringing in Native language speakers, visiting other longhouses and building ties with the nine tribes of Oregon, and OSU\u2019s impact on his personal racial, ethnic, and spiritual identity.<\/p>\n

Nadia Alradhi, Activities Coordinator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a> and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nNadia was born March 19, 1992, in Eugene, Oregon. Her hometown is Estacada, Oregon. At the time of the interview she was a senior with plans to graduate in the Fall of 2013 with a degree in Public Health.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: May 23, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:38:38
\nInterviewer: Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez
\nTranscriber:\u00a0Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nAlradhi, a member of the Karuk Tribe of Northern California, describes her experiences as Activities Coordinator at the Native American Longhouse (NAL) and Secretary of the Native American Student Association (NASA). She discusses planning NAL activities; bringing events to OSU dorms; the challenge of advertising the NAL as available for non-natives as well as natives; NASA Pow Wow planning and Jim Thorpe\u2019s 5k Dash for Diabetes; the challenges of learning more about other native tribes; the Transforming Columbus Day event in collaboration with the 4Cs; interacting and collaborating with other cultural centers; the addition of \u201cEena Haws\u201d to the Longhouse name; her hope to bring back the \u201cCalling All Natives\u201d outreach event; advice for future staff; the effect of racism on her grandfather; the Longhouse impact on her as a Native student; negative comments from non-natives; her suggestions to get more exposure for NAL; her experience as an informal advocate for natives, and her wish for NAL and NASA to collaborate more.<\/p>\n

Mariah Huhndorf, Activities Coordinator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a> and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nMariah\u00a0was born November 13, 1991,\u00a0in Anchorage, Alaska. Her hometown is Kenai, Alaska. At the time of the interview she was a junior\u00a0studying General Science: Pre-Physician Assistant.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: May 30, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:27:46
\nInterviewer: Natchee Barnd
\nTranscriber: Desiree Gorham<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nMariah, a native Alaskan with an Athabaskan mother and Yupik father, describes her experiences at Oregon State University, both as a student and as an Activities Coordinator at the Native American Longhouse. She discusses Longhouse events, such as the Alaska Winter Games, which she coordinated; the challenges and solutions that NAL staff have experienced with communication; her suggestions that staff learn more about events hosted at the NAL by other groups and work to make it clear that the NAL welcomes all visitors, native or not; what the new Longhouse means to her; how OSU and the NAL have affected her own identity as a native Alaskan; the importance of sharing stories and the \u201cculture shock\u201d she felt coming to Corvallis, with a population of about 54,700, from her hometown of Kenai, Alaska, with a population of about 7,000.<\/p>\n

Matt Williams, Internal Coordinator\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a> and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nMatt\u00a0was born January\u00a005, 1992,\u00a0in Roseburg, Oregon. His\u00a0hometown is Winston, Oregon. At the time of the interview he was a junior\u00a0studying Exercise and Sport Science.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: May 30, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:40:47
\nInterviewer: Natchee Barnd
\nTranscriber: Hope Ervin-Murillo<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nMatt Williams, a Native American with Oglala Sioux, Cherokee and Osage heritage, discusses his experiences as a student, a Native American, and a staff member at the Native American Longhouse (NAL). His discussions include his responsibilities, experiences, and personal growth as an NAL office assistant, activities coordinator and internal coordinator; the importance of teaching about native traditions; the Indigenous Feast at the end of Heritage Month; the Jackson family from Warm Springs Reservation; the challenges of managing time as a working student; NAL collaborations with various OSU departments and his desire for relationships with more departments; Dr. Robert Thompson\u2019s talk about Native American and African American relations during the Civil War; his suggestions for future events and visits to native high schoolers; advice to future coordinators; the challenges of letting non-natives know they can use the NAL; his father\u2019s adoption away from the Pine Ridge Reservation where he was born and subsequent separation from his culture; the N7 program and importance of basketball on many native reservations; stereotypes about Native Americans, and his experience of being mixed native and having a white mother.<\/p>\n

Tyler Hogan, External Coordinator \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview Transcript<\/a> and Interview Audio<\/a><\/p>\n

Brief Biography:
\nTyler was born July 9, 1989,\u00a0in Belleview, Washington. His\u00a0hometown is Junction City, Oregon. At the time of the interview he was a senior studying Political Science.<\/p>\n

Interview Information:
\nDate: June 3, 2013
\nLocation: Oregon State University\u2019s Native American Longhouse
\nLength: 00:36:09
\nInterviewer: Natalia Fern\u00e1ndez
\nTranscriber: Anna Brecheisen & Johnathan Ngo<\/p>\n

Interview Description:
\nTyler, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, talks about his responsibilities and growth as an External Coordinator at the Native American Longhouse (NAL), where he was previously a volunteer, as well as his experiences as a Native American student at OSU. His discussions include the importance of the Salmon Bake event; the NAL\u2019s relationships with nearby tribes and his desire to have more tribal outreach; Heritage Month events, including the Two-Spirit event and tribal resource kit; the difficulty of getting out a unified message when the NAL staff are from so many different cultures; the gathering of student input during the planning stages of the new Longhouse; what the new Longhouse means to him; his advice to future coordinators; how resilient, passionate, and empowered Native Americans are, especially when given the opportunity; the three functions of the Longhouse; the Longhouse as a \u201chome away from home\u201d for native students; the effect of the Longhouse on OSU and the local community; the Longhouse\u2019s contribution to personal identity development of staff and visitors; negative comments and stereotypes about Native Americans, and the N7 program\u2019s positive effect on cultural competency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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