Managing Massive Amounts of Narrative Data to Write an Engaging History

• In Event: OHA Poster Session and Project Bazaar

Abstract

TIQ, SLO'W, the Making of a Modern Day Chief, written with the cooperation of the NPS and now used at UCLA in the Native American Studies Program required approximately 75 interviews. The poster will show the process to coordinate the great amount of narrative data into this ethnographic biography and history. It will also relate the information to the story's themes which include the revitalization of Native American cultures in Southern California and the concurrent development of national and state parks in the area. If technically possible, audio will be played for those interested.

Author

• Mary Contini Gordon, SOHA