Interview with Marilyn Halpern, 1973:

• Other Authors: Halpern, Marilyn (author)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Six Nations of the Grand River; One-room schoolhouses; Class sizes; Interviews; Oral histories; Cayuga language; Indian reserves; First Nations; Iroquois languages; One-room houses; San Diego State College; Night school; Brantford; Ontario; Canada; Native Americans; Minorities in higher education; Longhouse religion (Iroquois); Culture shock; Euchre card games; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Racism; Civil service; United States Department of the Interior; Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); Self Determination Act; Indian Citizenship Act; Indian Civil Rights Act; Treaties; Civil rights; Activists; Battle of Wounded Knee; Hunger in America > film; American Indian education; Stereotypes; Indian; Bia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11929/sdsu:29949

Doctor Marilyn Halpern grew up on a Six Nations Indian reserve in southern Ontario, Canada. She received her education in one-room schoolhouses on the reserve until she was 14, went to a white high school in town, then left the reserve when she got married at the age of 21. Halpern went on to earn h...