Oral history interviews with Taz Conner [Sound Recording]
- SR2956_T01S2
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- 1999-10-04
Part of Oral history interviews with Lewis L. McArthur and Taz Conner
Tape 1, Side 2. In Conner's interview, he discusses his goal of reclaiming the ancestral land of the Wallowa band of the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) people. He talks about federal land that is managed by Native people, and about efforts to lobby the U.S. government to expand Native land management programs. He discusses his identity as a member of the Wallowa band and as an Oregonian. He talks about his service in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1972, about his education and jobs after his discharge, and about how diabetes has affected his health. He shares how he got the nickname "Taz."
Conner, Taz (Earl Erwin), 1938-1999