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Oral History Interview: St. Michael's, Ariz., with Bernard Fontana, April 1-2, 1960

The collection contains a typescript of a tape recording between Samual E. Day, a pioneer and trading post operator in the Navajo Indian Reservation, and Bernard (Bunny) L. Fontana, a prominent anthropologist who was involved in Tohono O’odham affairs.

The recording recounts events of Fontana’s recounts events of his family life and association with Native Americans, government officials, anthropologists, missionaries, and other traders.