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Ted Holder discusses how he got involved with the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico, his experiences within the Tarahumara community, and working with Father Verplancken.


==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' Ted Holder

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'''Date:''' February 14, 2011

'''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' David Marshall

'''Length:''' 01:44:58


==Abstract==

Introduction; Family history; Education background; Moving to Levelland, Texas; First investigator for the District Attorney’s office; 33 years of law enforcement; Job experiences; Community service and law enforcement; Getting involved with charitable work; Going to Redford, Texas; Meeting Mrs. Madrid, a retired school teacher; Viewing a picture of a Tarahumara Indian; Sending items to Mexico; Creating a clothing drive with the Rotary Club; Making a trip to donate clothes to the Tarahumara; Traveling through Mexico; Going to Creel, Mexico; In the mountains; Roads into Creel, Mexico; Looking for Father Luis Verplancken; Father Verplancken builds a hospital in Creel, Mexico; Delivering the blue jeans and donated clothing; Visiting the hospital; Raising money to build another building; First contact with Father Verplanken; Traveling back home; Getting a phone call from a doctor in Madera, Mexico; Gathering medical supplies for a clinic in El Cable, Mexico; Meeting the new Rotary Club members in Madera, Mexico; Collecting medical supplies from fellow Rotary Club members; Wal-Mart donates a truck to deliver supplies; Heading to Presidio, Texas; Getting supplies from Presidio, Texas to Mexico; Donating more supplies every year; Visiting the new clinic; On a vaccination trip; No visible roads; New clinic is solar-powered; Getting supplies to El Cable, Mexico; Staffing the clinic; Trends with Mexican government finishing projects; Building a dam; Creating a water source; Rotary projects becoming government projects; Meeting Eluisa Moya; Doing more projects with Father Verplancken; Help drilling wells in Creel, Mexico; History on early Spanish inhabitants; Father Verplancken’s projects; Father Verplancken’s methods for drilling wells; Father Verplancken’s ways of finding water underground; Father Verplancken learns how to build wells; Builds wells all over the Sierras; Father Verplancken wanted to take care of the people; Purchasing corn; Restoring old church paintings; Father Verplancken builds a museum; Father Verplancken’s participation in Indian ceremonies; Working with different priests in the area; Father Verplancken’s photography; Memories of working with Father Verplancken; Flying into different areas; Friend Padre Pancho’s death; Projects with Padre Pancho; Building a ceremonial center; Community work trade-off; Developing a new project; Gathering farm hand tools; Helping oneself and the community; Location of roofing project; Traveling to Choguita, Mexico; Buying blankets and other supplies; Deciding to build a greenhouse; Getting lost; Greetings from a nun; Passing the community; Greenhouse finished and gardens planted; Different vegetables planted; Watching the interactions between the different communities; Dehydrated food; NAFTA leads to restrictions on donated goods; Training in health care; Father Verplancken’s collection of photographs; Wanting the Verplancken’s photo collection at Texas Tech University; Dr. William Curry Holden’s trip to Mexico; Padre Verplancken in hospital for cancer; Getting help with finances for trips; Final visit with Padre Verplancken; Recollection of Verplancken’s photo collection; Photographs go to the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University; Getting permission to take the photos; Carrying on Verplancken’s work; Reflecting on Verplancken’s work with the Tarahumara; The Tarahumara way of life.



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