| Title: |
Val Norman
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Wind River Historical Center. Archives
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| Collection: |
Wind River Oral History Collection
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| Description: |
Started at the Government School at age 5, ran away all the time, military discipline at the school. School ram. Drill routines, drill teams of ex-cavalry troopers. Punishment for running away in the “block house.” Army issue. Learning to speak with an English accent. Gardens and 4-H and fairs. Tent dances and tent gatherings. Eye trouble and eye operations, TB. Things eased up when the school became a day school. Loss of traditional ways. Language. Traditional dances changed to Pow Wows. Community dance hall, tent camps and Christmas dances and gatherings at the hall. Homesickness at school; parents wanted to keep their kids home. Kindergarten. Making beds military style. Long term effects of school life. Police and school disciplinarians.
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| Extent: |
24 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.windriverhistory.org/archives/oralhistory/Resources/NORMAN.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1991 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Norman, Val
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
American Indian
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| Document date: |
02-Feb-1991
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| Interviewer: |
Kahin, Sharon
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| Locations discussed: |
Dubois, WY; North America; United States; Wyoming
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Indian; Community; Dubois (Wyo.)--History; Dubois, WY; Education; Historic sites--Dubois (Wyo.); Indian reservations; Indians of North America; North America; Oral history; United States; Wyoming
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Native American languages
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0024535-26214
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