Loyd Hanks - Oral history (04/16/2014)

Loyd Hanks - Oral history (04/16/2014)

Oral history interview with Loyd Hanks, Western Shoshone from Duck Valley reservation, NV-ID, on 04/16/2017

Loyd Hanks is a Western Shoshone from the Duck Valley reservation his family came from both Paradise Valley, NV and Reese River, NV. Loyd talks about how he became a crew chief in the U.S. Air Force as part of a jet engine mechanic crew, and how he also worked on a missile crew during the Cuban missile crisis involving Russia. He also speaks and honors previous Native American military men, and also pays tribute towards the different Native American code-talkers during the various wars involving the U.S. He also speaks about how the culture helped these individuals survive the turmoil of the wars, and moreover gives advice to the younger audience relaying that learning and preserving the culture is vital and worthwhile.

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Read Loyd Hanks oral history transcript [pdf file]

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04/16/2014 [16 April 2014]; 2014 April 16

Norm Cavanaugh [interviewer]; James Hedrick [GBIA/VHC]; University of Utah SYLAP [streaming video]; Great Basin College; BARRICK Gold of North America

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English

Norm Cavanaugh

Loyd Hanks

Duck Valley reservation (Owyhee, NV-ID)

http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/admin/files/show/624

AVI and MP4 format

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