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Title

  • Indians for Indians collection

Other Title

  • Indians for Indians radio program

Summary

  • Collection of sound recordings of the radio program, "Indians for Indians," hosted by Don Whistler. Recorded at WNAD, Norman, Oklahoma, August 1943-October 1950. Includes Cheyenne, Sac, Fox, Kiowa, Ft. Sill Apache, Creek, Seminole, Comanche, Caddo, Pawnee, Ponca, Taos Pueblo, Mescalero Apache, Arapaho, Osage, Oto, Iowa, Navajo, Shawnee, Wichita and other participants speaking and performing dance songs, victory songs, war dance songs, love songs, oral history, other songs, Christian hymns, Christmas hymns, and various announcements. Includes traditional, pan-Indian, intertribal events, and Christian genres and performances by representatives from various Indian schools and by participants at Indian conferences and expositions.

Names

  • Whistler, Don, host
  • WNAD (Radio station : Norman, Okla.)

Created / Published

  • 1943-1950.

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Music
  • -  Indians of North America--Oklahoma
  • -  Indians of North America--Social life and customs--20th century
  • -  Songs
  • -  Dance music
  • -  Hymns
  • -  Indian veterans--Oklahoma
  • -  Indian veterans--Songs and music
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Indian
  • -  Radio programs--Oklahoma

Genre

  • Oral histories
  • Interviews
  • Educational radio programs
  • Radio programs
  • Music

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress duplication project, circa 1988. Originals on 121 sound discs, 8 in.,10 in.,16 in.,18 in.
  • -  Various performers and speakers.
  • -  Recorded at WNAD, Norman, Oklahoma, August 1943-October 1950.
  • -  Indians for Indians collection (AFC 1988/037), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Original discs returned to the University of Oklahoma; duplicates on 28 sound tape reels: 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono.; 10 in.
  • -  Exchange ; 1988.
  • -  "Indians for Indians" was broadcast weekly over radio station WNAD, Norman, Oklahoma beginning in 1940. The originator and first sponsor of the program was Don Whistler, Chief Kesh-ke-kosh, of the Sac and Fox tribe, who died in 1951. After his death, the Sequoyah Indian Club at the University of Oklahoma continued as sponsor.
  • -  In various languages.
  • -  Inventories of programs, performers, and recording logs are available in the Folklife Reading Room, Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 28 sound tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.
  • manuscripts 1 folder.

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013655232

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  • Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

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  • web page

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Whistler, Don, Host, and Wnad. Indians for Indians collection. to 1950, 1943. Web Page. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2013655232/.

APA citation style:

Whistler, D. & Wnad. (1943) Indians for Indians collection. to 1950. [Web Page] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2013655232/.

MLA citation style:

Whistler, Don, Host, and Wnad. Indians for Indians collection. to 1950, 1943. Web Page. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2013655232/>.