| Title: |
Christine Scillens
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
American Indian Studies: American Indian Lives
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| Description: |
Christine Scillens is a Teton Sioux woman who joined the Army Nurses Corps during WWII. She was active in the American Indian Movement and the American Indian Studies program at CSULB.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Scillens, Christine
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker place of birth: |
South Dakota; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
American Indian
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Military personnel; Nurse
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Indian Movement, US; U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
California; Long Beach, CA; North America; South Dakota; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Indian Movement, US; Boarding schools; California; Indians of North America--Biography; Indians of North America--Education; Indians of North America--Ethnic identity; Indians of North America--History; Indians of North America--Social conditions; Indians of North America--Study and teaching; Long Beach, CA; Military nursing; North America; Oral history; South Dakota; U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs; United States; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035142-38710
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