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- Collection: Western Shoshone Oral Histories
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Eleanor Little - Oral History (1/17/2006)
Eleanor Little was born in Miller Creek ten miles north of Owyhee, Nevada delivered by her grandmother Susie Nip in the traditional way. Her mother was Jessie Little and her father was George Little. She discusses how her family, and other families,…
Ellison "Bombo" Jackson (01/27/2006)
Ellison Jackson was the son of Robert Jackson and Lena Jackson. He is best known by his Native name Bombo. Bombo tells us of his childhood growing up in a tent near the Presbyterian Church in Owyhee, Nevada. He also tells us of his experience at the…
Earl and Beverly Crum - Oral History (02/01/2006)
Earl and Beverly Crum speak about the different types of traditional Shoshone songs sung during different ceremonies and events. They speak about how songs are more than just a melody but include a story and sometimes a moral. They also talk about…
Clara Woodson and Gracie Begay Oral History (03/16/2006)
Oral History interview with Clara Woodson and Gracie Begay, Western Shoshone from Elko and Wells, NV on 16 March 2006.
Clara Woodson was born in Battle Mountain. She tells us about her family and who they worked for, how they lived, and what…
Dan Blossom Oral History (03/27/2012)
Oral History Interview with Dan Blossom, Western Shoshone from Battle Mountain, NV on 03/27/2012This oral history contains significant Shoshone language conversation, and is recommended for usage by community language teachers.
Dan Blossom (Cho Cho…
Western Shoshone Oral History Collection flyer
Flyer prepared for the Shoshone Community Language Teachers Workshop hosted by Great Basin College on 18-19 November 2016. The flyer contains a list of the Western Shoshone Oral Histories collected through November 2016, with oral histories with…
Nevada Penoli - Oral History (04/26/2006)
Nevada Penoli was born in Wells, Nevada, and has lived there for 74 years. Nevada spoke about growing up in the area pine-nutting with her Grandmother and the rest of her family. She illustrates how her family lived back when she was a young girl.…
Raymond Yowell IEN (Indigenous Environment Network) - Oral History (05/08/2006)
At the Indigenous Environment Network (IEN) meeting in Lee, NV on May 8, 2006 Raymond Yowell spoke of the Western Shoshone’s struggle with the United States. He recants the audience with the history of the Shoshone people explaining the various…
Raymond Yowell - Oral History (08/17/2007)
Raymond Yowell is a Shoshone who was born in Elko, Nevada on September 23, 1929. He spoke of his birth and the eventual adoption by his relative Frank and Annie Charley from Smoky Valley. Raymond also spoke of traditional medicines, traditional…
Andrea Woods - Oral History (06/20/2006)
Andrea Woods is a Shoshone from the Wells Band of Te-Moak Western Shoshone. She tells us the history of her grandmother Gimma Jones. Gimma Jones was born in the mid-1800s in Cherry Creek, NV. As a child she survived the smallpox epidemic, and was…