Interviewer
Victoria Blake
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Description
This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. Mechi was an author, teacher, social worker, and healer. Her ancestry was Choctaw, Cherokee, and Irish. She discusses: living in Mexico before she moved to Appalachia; comparisons between Native American spirituality and Buddhism; her experiences with different religions; Native American culture; relationships between men and women and her views on the differences between men and women, with some discussion on abusive relationships; her social work; the government welfare program; her negative views about modern America; and her views on multicultural America.
Publication Date
1996
Identifier
OH64-548
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-548.
Rights
Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-548, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Garza, Patricia (Mechi), 1924- -- Autobiography.
Indians of North America -- Oral histories.
Buddhism -- Oral histories.
Indian Catholics -- Oral histories.
Distilling, Illicit -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.