LeAnn Vigil and Tanya Vigil
Recorded
June 18, 2023
Archived
June 18, 2023
33:47 minutes
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Id:
mby022814
Description
Sisters LeAnn Vigil (41) and Tanya Vigil (40) share details their mother uncovered about their ancestor, Andres Woodson, who was a Native child sold into slavery at the age of ten. The two also consider how that legacy has left lasting effects on their lives.Subject Log / Time Code
LV and TV describe their ancestor, Andres Woodson, who was an Indigenous enslaved person. They also talk about the efforts their mother made to find him through a genealogy project.
TV and LV detail how Andres was sold into slavery and talk about his day-to-day life on the Woodson plantation.
TV and LV consider how learning that information impacted them as Hispanic and Native children.
TV acknowledges the difficulty in tracing genetic health conditions because of their family's displacement.
TV describes doing her own genealogical research and discusses involving her children in the process.
LV acknowledges the impact of loss on family generations and how they are not legitimized within the Native or Hispanic communities.
LV and TV analyze why the history of Indigenous slavery does not receive much attention.
LV and TV consider how they would have felt having their children taken and sold into slavery.
LV describes what happened to the other children who were sold into slavery with Andres.
TV and KV share their mother's efforts in tracing Andres and how they came to find the Native Bound Unbound Project.
Participants
- LeAnn Vigil
- Tanya Vigil