Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Lujan, 1973

File — Box: 3, item: 88

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Scope and Contents

Biographical background of Mrs. Lujan, origin of Mrs. Lujan (Rito, New Mexico, 1903), employment, making potato sacks, marriage to Ernesto Lujan, biographical background of Mr. Lujan, employment as a sheepherder, employment with Clearfield and Hill Field, discussion on word "Chicano", Spanish language, education, discrimination, Penitentes in New Mexico, Indians, jokes and games, comparison of food between Mexico and New Mexico. Interviewed by Bernice Martinez in Salt Lake City, Utah. Spanish language transcript. 18 pages.

Dates

1973

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