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Delores Cummings - Oral History (06/20/2008)
Delores Shaw Cummings was the daughter of Maria Jones and Kelly Shaw Sr. Her lineage is that of the Dosa Wihi (White Knife) clan. She explains her family’s journey towards Duck Valley Reservation by means of a horse and buggy. She describes growing…
Anthony Lee Tom - Oral History (06/05/2014)
Anthony Tom is a member of the Te-Moak Western Shoshone and a veteran from the Air Force who lives at the South Fork Reservation, which he and others referred to as Lee, NV. He speaks about the South Fork community’s virtues, as well as, his…
Evelyn Temoke-Roche - Oral history (03/27/2012)
Evelyn Temoke-Roche, daughter of Frank and Theresa Temoke, introduces the audience to indigenous plants within the Great Basin Region. She describes the different characteristics, different locations, and different uses of each of the plants and how…
Beverly Brazzanovich & Harold Miller - Oral history (10/12/2006)
Beverly Brazzanovich and Harold Miller are both Paiute from eastern Nevada. Harold Miller was born in 1927, and whose native name is Bazinokwah, is from the Walker River reservation near Schurz, NV. Beverly Brazzanovich, on the other hand, heralds…
Elizabeth "Liz" Brady - Oral history (11/29/2006)
Elizabeth “Liz” Brady was born in Elko, NV between the Elko Smoke Shop and I-80 where the old Elko Senior Citizens Center was located. Her father’s name was Sontag Jackson whose grandparents were from the Austin area and were part of the Dubba…
Dave McKinney - Oral history (11/30/2006)
Dave McKinney is a Western Shoshone and was born in Gold Creek, NV in 1907, and currently resides at the Duck Valley Reservation (Owyhee). His parents were Bill and Sadie McKinney. He was one of six children: 1 older sister and 4 younger brothers. He…
"History of Ghost Dance" by Harold Miller & Raymond Hofer (11/12/2007)
Harold Miller from Yerington, NV and Raymond Hofer from Walker Paiute Tribe speak about the history of the Ghost Dance as it had been taught by Wovoka (main character within this narrative) a Paiute medicine man. They explain the creation, outlawing,…
Florence Steele & Lee Moon - Oral history (12/06/2006)
Florence Steele and Lee Moon are Goshute from the Goshute Reservation. Florence and Lee start their oral history by telling the creation story of Coyote, and how Coyote brought over the Native Americans to the North American continent. They also…
"March of Flags" during the 8th Annual Shoshonean Language Reunion (14-16/08/2007)
This clip is the ‘Walking of the Flags’ during the 8th Annual Shoshonean Language Reunion that was hosted by Reno-Sparks Indian Colony on the 14th – 16th of August in 2007. Each flag in the march represents the different tribes/groups involved…
Marge Hall Puella - Oral history (06/20/2008)
Marge Hall Puella was born on August 6, 1931 in Dona Muzza (Battle Mountain, NV) to Bessie Beeler Hall from Battle Mountain and Charlie Hall from Austin, NV. She was one of 11 children. Marge currently resides on the Duck Valley Reservation. She…