Basket making

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Typescript list of six kinds of baskets with context and some drawings.

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Interview with Diania Caudell focused on her Native American ancestry as well as her past occupation as an accountant. Also included is her implementation of Native American education in the San Juan Capistrano School District and how her back injury led her to become a basket weaver.

The end of the interview's transcript contains a glossary and a poem written by Caudell in 2003 in the Luiseño language, with English translation.

Scope and Contents Roberta Estrada is a Luiseño woman from the San Luis Rey Mission Band tribe. She grew up in Vista, CA and was educated throughout the North County school districts. She attended college, earning both Spanish and General Education degrees. She taught ESL in the San Marcos Unified District for thirty-two years. After retirement, she became more involved in the Indigenous community and learned basketry. She accompanies her cousin, Diania Caudell, on school group presentations and teaches...

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Oral history interview of Linda Kallas, December 22, 2022. Interview conducted by Diania L. Caudell. In her interview, Kallas talks to Diania Caudell about topics such as family, school, higher education, post-college life, and her various art and cultural projects.

Scope and Contents Scans of three clipped newspaper articles featuring Celia Silva, Paipai American Indian from Baja, Mexico. 1) "Native American philosophy provides insights" by Judy Winter Meier, published in the Borrego Sun, regarding the Native American Educational Resources Symposium at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, February 7, 1997. 2) "Native American Days" February 8-9, 1997 at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, published in the Borrego Sun, photographs by Brenda Colby. 3) "Kumeyaay Culture," published...