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Video interview with Pedro Zepeda. Zepeda is a Seminole artist and an expert dugout canoe carver specializing in a variety of traditional arts, including leatherwork, beading, patchwork, and basket weaving.

Seminole artist Pedro Zepeda uses a curved tool called an adze to carve the inside of a canoe.

Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Martha Pellerin where she describes how she found her calling as an advoate for Franco-American culture.

Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Martha Pellerin. Martha describes insider/outsider feelings growing up as a bilingual immigrant in Vermont and how these experiences in her youth shaped her identity as “Franco-American”

Song text from VFC1998-0007 Martha Pellerin Collection. MS2008-3093-009 Yvonne Pellerin Songbook 4 of 4. Pp. 41, 43.

Marjorie Pierce of North Shrewsbury, VT describes the complicated process of traveling the 10 miles from home to Rutland, VT during mud season. Audio and text excerpt from an August 16, 1979 interview with Glendon and Marjorie Pierce (TC1979-0052).…

Poster shows the smiling face of a teacher on a laptop computer screen. Behind her is a red globe of the world.

Video and text excerpt from an interview with Lessie Randle talking about her memories as a young child living in north Tulsa during the events of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Interview with performer and choreographer Ranjana Warier, a professional Indian Classical dancer and founder of the Rhythms School of Dance, a training center for the traditional art form.

Interview with Reza Filsoofi, an Iranian musician specializing in multiple instruments, including santoor and setar (stringed instruments) and daf and tonbak (percussion instruments).