Oscar Rodriguez and Ramon Rodriguez
Recorded
February 18, 2023
Archived
February 18, 2023
44:03 minutes
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Id:
mby022471
Description
Ramon Rodriguez [no age given] interviews his relative Oscar Salazar Rodriguez [no age given] about their family history and ancestry. Oscar tells stories of El Mulato y Ojinaga, México, reflects on the cultural traits passed down through the family from their Lipan Apache ancestors, and discusses the importance of oral history.Subject Log / Time Code
Ramon Rodriguez (RR) asks Oscar Salazar Rodriguez (OR) about how they are related.
OR explains how he wants to pass on stories of the family to RR so that he can pass them on one day too.
OR tells a story about divisions between mulateños and Mexicans in Ojinaga.
OR and RR talk about their custom of saying "en paz descanse" when mentioning the dead.
RR asks OR how Apache culture is tied into their family.
OR reflects on people's hesitance to call themselves "Indian" in Latin America.
RR reflects on how important it is to know more about his and OR's family and how everyone is related.
OR teaches RR a few words and phrases in Lipan Apache.
Participants
- Oscar Rodriguez
- Ramon Rodriguez