People and Places Derek 1 Laveen, Arizona

Written by Aaron on February 19, 2007 - 8 Comments Download audio file (la een!m"#$

at Careta%r Aaron& W'ere are you from( Derek& )*m from +a een, Ari,ona! Aaron& W'ere is +a een( Derek& +a een is -out'west of .'oeni/! Aaron& -out'west of .'oeni/! Derek& .'oeni/ is t'e 0a"ital of Ari,ona! Aaron& 1ea'( And so 'ow would you des0ribe t'e "la0e w'ere you 2rew u"( Derek& )t*s a small farm town! )t*s been around sin0e "robably li%e t'e 1830s! )t was a tradin2 "la0e a lon2 time a2o4 early settlers used to 2o t'ere! And now it*s a farmin2 town! 5ow it*s 0'an2in2 a lot t'ou2', but ) don*t li e t'ere anymore! 6ut w'en ) was t'ere it was still a farmin2 town! Aaron& Wow7 And so you 2rew u" on a farm( Derek& We8) don*t t'in% it was a farm4 it was a0tually a ran0'! We didn*t 2row e2etables or any %ind of "rodu0e or anyt'in2 li%e t'at! We 'ad 0ows, we 'ad s'ee", we 'ad 'orses, some 0'i0%ens! Aaron& 9m-'m! Derek& We didn*t8we ne er 'ad a "i2, but we 'ad a lot of animals! Aaron& Wow7 And ) %now t'at in t'e -out'west it*s : es"e0ially Ari,ona : it*s famous for t'e 5ati e Ameri0an "o"ulations t'ere, and )*m wonderin2 if you 'ad mu0' 0onta0t wit' 5ati e Ameri0ans li in2 in Ari,ona( Derek& ;'at*s ri2't! A0tually +a een, Ari,ona is in t'e -out'west 0orner, as ) mentioned before, and it*s ery near t'e )ndian reser ation! -o w'en ) went to s0'ool, we 'ad a lot of )ndian students w'o went to our s0'ool! We did 0all t'em <)ndian* students and a lot of t'em still refer to t'emsel es as <)ndians*! Aaron& As <)ndians*! Derek& 6ut now t'e term a lot of times "eo"le use is <5ati e Ameri0an<, but e en on t'e

bus : it was an )ndian bus : and yes, t'ere were a lot of8!a lot of t'em! Aaron& =', 'ow about t'at! And also, Ari,ona is 0lose to t'e >e/i0an border! )s t'ere a si2nifi0ant "o"ulation of >e/i0ans li in2 in Ari,ona( Derek& ;'ere are a lot of >e/i0ans in Ari,ona! )n fa0t, my mot'er is >e/i0an-Ameri0an, but s'e*s from ;e/as, a0tually! 9m, but ) 2rew u" around a lot of >e/i0ans and a lot of times ) wasn*t a00e"ted by t'em be0ause ) was also w'ite, be0ause my fat'er was ?erman and u'8!yea'!