Nancy Nagle and Pat Curo
Recorded
January 15, 2020
41:10 minutes
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ddf000442
Description
Nancy Nagle [no age given] speaks with her cousin Pat Curo (67) about their family history, childhood memories, and trying to preserve the 'Iipay Aa language by teaching others.Subject Log / Time Code
PC and NN share history of fighting between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the American Indian Federation.
NN re-tells her mother's story of surveyors coming to Native American land, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and her family's history being forced off land in the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel.
NN recalls learning the 'Iipay aa language as a child in order to interact with elders, before beginning to help her aunt teach the language.
PC and NN reflect on the isolation of dwindling language-speakers, and having "nobody to talk to." NN speaks about her class for abused women to learn 'Iipay Aa, and PC mentions the curiosity of kids to learn expressions in the language.
NN speaks about her Aunt's life. PC and NN speak about family separation and assimilation efforts by the US government, with boarding schools and the introduction of American sports.
NN recalls her mother's prayer group, where prayers were spoken in Spanish, but conversation was in 'Iipay Aa. NN and PC discuss a cultural shift, from shame to pride in the language, and new interest in learning 'Iipay Aa.
They speak about the classes they teach with women and children, and share some of the words and expressions they use in teaching.
Participants
- Nancy Nagle
- Pat Curo