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Oral history interview with Barbara A. Mackenzie [Sound Recording 02]
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- 1999-09-27 (Creation)
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Audiocassette; 00:14:52
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Barbara Amanda Mackenzie, nee Tudor, was born in Colorado in 1905. She grew up in Sutherlin, Oregon, and later attended St. Mary's Academy and Lincoln High School in Portland. She earned a teaching degree from the Oregon Normal School (now known as Western Oregon University). In 1926, she and Thomas T. Mackenzie were married; they later had two children. Mackenzie was director of the U.S. government project that relocated Native Americans displaced by the construction of The Dalles Dam in eastern Oregon and Washington state. She also worked as a teacher in California and Oregon, working primarily with marginalized populations, and as a caseworker for the Red Cross in Arlington, Virginia. Barbara Mackenzie died in 2002.
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Tape 1, Side 2. This oral history interview with Barbara A. Mackenzie was conducted by Katy Barber at Mackenzie’s home in Portland, Oregon, from September 27, 1999, to June 1, 2001. Barbara Mackenzie’s son, Thomas R. Mackenzie, and Jan Dilg were also present during the sessions recorded in 2001. The interview was conducted in four sessions. The first part of session one was not recorded. In the first interview session, conducted on September 27, 1999, Mackenzie discusses working as a teacher in Oregon and California, including working with marginalized groups in the San Francisco Bay Area and opposition she faced. She also talks about her work with the Red Cross in Virginia. She speaks about her role in relocating members of the Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla, and Nez Perce tribes during the building of The Dalles Dam at Celilo Falls. She talks about her relationship with Chief Tommy Thompson and Flora Cushinway Thompson of the Wyam people and shares stories about the Wyam way of life. She also talks about her work with Navajo people near Palm Springs, California.
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Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and the Oregon Military Museum. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/.
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- Indians of North America--Relocation--Oregon--Celilo
- Indians of North America » Indians of North America--Oregon
- Indians of North America » Indians of North America--Oregon » Wyam Indians
- Teachers--Oregon
- Teachers--California
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- American Red Cross
- Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project
- Thompson, Flora Cushinway, 1893-1978
- Tudor, Ralph A. (Ralph Arnold), 1902-1963
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- Barber, Katrine (Contributor)