Navajo Oral History Proj.

I am a professor of Mass Communication at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. I am creator and co-director (with Dr. Miranda Haskie of Diné College) of the Navajo Oral History project, a collaboration between Diné College of The Navajo Nation and Winona State University. During extended summer field work, Students from both schools work together in teams to interview Navajo elders and create a series of documentaries: 1.) full-length oral history interview, 2.) 7-15 minute Living History feature, 3.) 3-5 minute media piece suitable for viewing on the web. The first five projects of this collaboration were produced in summer 2009 and have been posted on the WSU Mass Communication web site: Winona360.org. The projects are also archived at the Navajo Nation Museum, Navajo Nation Library, and the libraries of both schools. In May 2010, four additional Navajo elders were interviewed, and the students are working on completing those projects.