Antoinette Cavanaugh, "Education Perspectives"

Part of the 2016 Great Basin Indians Archives (GBIA) Elder History Presentation.

Antoinette Cavanaugh of Owyhee, discusses her early life growing up on the Duck Valley Reservation. Cavanaugh grew up on Dog Street in a shack with her mother and siblings. As a freshman in high school she returned to Duck Valley and raised her siblings. Cavanaugh discusses her professional career after graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno with her master’s degree. She shares her family’s transition moving off of the reservation and her achievements, including being the first Native superintendent in Nevada. After her 27-year career with the Elko County School District, she found her dream job of working with the Western Shoshone youth in mentoring and encouraging the students to pursue post-high school education.

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Видео Antoinette Cavanaugh, "Education Perspectives" канала Scott A. Gavorsky