Oral history interview with James Martin. Martin, a member of the Micmac (Mi’kmaq) tribe, describes moving to Boston in the early 1950s and settling in a rooming house in the South End. He relays his experience in multiple types of employment, including lumber loading, steel work, window washing and painting, and construction. Martin describes moving between Boston, the Maine coast, and New Brunswick, Canada depending on the season. Topics also mentioned include Union Park, Back Bay, Haymarket, the Prudential Tower, Portland, Montreal, New Hampshire, the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, and the Iroquois tribe (Haudenosaunee Confederacy). Transcript includes editorial note by a third party at the beginning.
