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Call number	NAU.OH.75.3
Item number	80673
Creator	Kennedy, Edith
Title	Oral history interview with Edith Kennedy [with transcript], March 12, 1998.
Date	1998
Type	MovingImage
Description	CONTENT: The Edith Kennedy oral history chronicles more than 40 years spent in the Indian trader business on the part of Edith and Troy Kennedy. Edith Kennedy's oral history is notable for the detail it provides on several subjects. First, the operation and evolution of the trading post business from establishment to replacement by the modern convenience store. Second, a detailed account of the rise and fall of the pawn business. Third, the impact of the rise of uranium mining on the reservation as it changed income, transportation, health and other areas of life. Finally, Edith Kennedy weaves a detailed picture of how interrelated native and trader lives became on the reservation. Individuals discussed include: Jewell McGee, Troy Kennedy, Earl Kennedy, William Leroy Kennedy, and Donald Kennedy.
Collection name	United Indian Traders Association Oral History Project
Finding aid	http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/United_Indian_Traders.xml
Language	English
Repository	Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights	Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
Contributor	Steiger, Lewis Cole, Brad
Subjects	Rugs--Southwest, New Indian traders Trading posts Pawnbroking Navajo Indians--Domestic animals Kennedy, Troy Kennedy, William Leroy McGee, Jewel Kennedy, Earl Kennedy, Donald Lukachukai Trading Post Red Rock Trading Post United Indian Traders Association
Places	Farmington (N.M.) Kirtland (N.M.) Lukachukai (Ariz.) Leupp (Ariz.) Navajo Indian Reservation--Economic aspects
Oral history transcripts	EDITH KENNEDY INTERVIEW NAU.OH.75.3 United Indian Traders Association [BEGIN SIDE 1] This is Brad Cole from Northern Arizona University. We're at the home of Edith Kennedy in Farmington, New Mexico. It's March 12, 1998. Also present in
Physical format	Video cassette

Oral history interview with Edith Kennedy [with transcript], March 12, 1998.

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