Mariah Huhndorf Oral History Interview
- Title
- Mariah Huhndorf Oral History Interview
- LC Subject
- Indians of North America College students College buildings Native American Longhouse
- Interviewee
- Huhndorf, Mariah
- Interviewer
- Barnd, Natchee Blu
- Description
- At the time of this interview, Mariah Huhndorf was an activities coordinator at the Native American Longhouse. A junior General Science major studying to become a physician's assistant, Huhndorf came to OSU from her hometown of Kenai, Alaska. Huhndorf, a native Alaskan with an Athabaskan mother and Yupik father, describes her experiences at Oregon State University, both as a student and as an activities coordinator at the Native American Longhouse. She discusses Longhouse events, such as the Alaska Winter Games, which she coordinated; the challenges and solutions that NAL staff have experienced with communication; her suggestions that staff learn more about events hosted at the NAL by other groups and work to make it clear that the NAL welcomes all visitors, native or not; what the new Longhouse means to her; how OSU and the NAL have affected her own identity as a native Alaskan; the importance of sharing stories; and the "culture shock" she felt coming to Corvallis, with a population of about 54,700, from her hometown of Kenai, Alaska, with a population of about 7,000. Link to Audio Recording: http://media.oregonstate.edu/media/Oral+History+Interview%3A+Mariah+Huhndorf/0_frg7uz6g
- Work Type
- transcripts
- Location
- Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 2013-05-30
- Identifier
- Mariah_Huhndorf_oral_history_interview-2013-05-30
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Oregon Multicultural Archives, OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Language
- English
- Local Collection Name
- Oregon State University Cultural Centers Oral History Collection, 2013-2014 (OH 21)
- Type
- Text
- Format
- application/pdf
- Set
- Oregon Multicultural Archives OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- Oregon Multicultural Archives
- Is Part Of
- OSU Cultural Resource Centers
- Institution
- Oregon State University