| Title: |
Paul Moss
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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: |
Father worked at St. Stephens, he started at St. Stephen’s at age 5. Describes self-supporting nature of the mission and school. Describes his work, raising turkeys, chicken, cattle, vegetables, chopping ice and wood. His father was a disciplinarian. Shaving the kids hair, lice, etc. School chores, sewing, laundry, baking. Describes mischief in the classroom. And pranks with switching horses and wagon wheels. Informal sports. Runners chased rabbits on foot. Running to Thermopolis and back. Story of the vision of all the flags at the Sun Dance during World War II. Also talks of “Trail of Tears.”
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| Extent: |
8 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.windriverhistory.org/archives/oralhistory/Resources/MOSS.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1992 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Moss, Paul
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
American Indian
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| Document date: |
1992
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| Interviewer: |
Kahin, Sharon; Wiles, Sarah
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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: |
OHI0024547-26229
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