MOHA Brown Bag Presentation
Brown Bag Presentation: The Importance of Using Indigenous Methodologies with Oral History Projects
Abstract: This presentation is a contribution to the MOHA “Brown Bag” session on 10/16 and will be a short overview of different Indigenous methodologies used in academia, and how they can be implemented in oral history projects.
Elizabeth Ann-Berton Reilly holds a master’s degree in education in Heritage Studies. While working on her master’s degree at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire, she focused on oral history projects and the history and culture of Northeast Woodlands Indigenous people. She is a PhD student at the University of New Mexico, in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies program. She recently moved to Michigan in 2020 to be close to the tribe I am working with. Her research interests include mixed-race Indigenous identities (specifically passing as White and being White-coded), including among non-federally recognized Indigenous communities and peoples. She is interested in studying family oral histories and the design of oral history projects with that focus.
Q&A Session
Facilitated by: Cameron Michael Amin, Professor of History, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Brittany Fremion, Associate Professor of History, Central Michigan University.