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Keith Honaker - Oral history (03/09/2016)
Keith Honaker was born at the Indian hospital in Schurz, NV in 1960. His grandmother’s family is part of the Blackeye family, and his grandfather’s family is part of the Sam family. He speaks about his experience as an Army brat, and how that…
2015 Honored Elders Presentation
Photograph taken of the Western Shoshone Elders honored at the 2015 Elder Oral History Presentation showing on 11 June 2015 at the Great Basin College Theater in Elko, Nevada, USA.
Photo File 1 = full size
Photo File 2 = cropped 600 px by 250 px
Photo File 1 = full size
Photo File 2 = cropped 600 px by 250 px
Antoinette Cavanaugh - Oral history (06/14/2016)
"Educational Perspectives"
Antoinette Cavanaugh was born in the old Owyhee hospital in 1960 to Adriana Harney. In fact she speaks about how her mother was a nurse at that same hospital. Antoinette lived on the Duck Valley reservation on Dog Street…
Program for 2016 Elder Oral History Showing
Program for the 2016 Elder Oral History Showing event on 18 August 2016 at Great Basin College in Elko, NV.
Oral History - Boyd Graham, 29 May 2014
Oral History Interview with Boyd Graham, Western Shoshone from Duckwater on 05/29/2014This oral history contains significant Shoshone language conversation, and is recommended for usage by community language teachers.
Boyd Graham of Duckwater…
Madeline S. Bill - Oral history (04/26/2015)
Madeline S. Bill was born and raised in Lee, South Fork Reservation and was one of fourteen children. She begins her oral history by telling the audience about her father and great-great grandfather Tosawihi who was also born in the Lee area. She…
Oral History - Ronnie Dixon (11/05/2014)
Ronnie Dixon is a Western Shoshone from the Battle Mountain Band, born and delivered by his grandmother on the Battle Mountain Colony, and was raised in Battle Mountain. He was also raised by his grandmother and grandfather. He tells us about the…
Darlene Hooper Dewey - Oral history (04/10/2015)
Darlene Hooper Dewey is a Western Shoshone who was born and raised in Yomba, Nevada. She gives a detailed account about how and when contact between the indigenous and immigrants took place, and how many of the Shoshones worked for many of the…
Katherine Blossom - Oral History (08/28/2014)
Katherine Blossom was born in Shurz, Nevada and was part of the Dubadiccada (Pine-nut eaters) Tribe from the Reese River area. She tells us about going to school in Fallon and then UNR, and also how she helped Corbin Harney at Puhambaa (healing…
Oral History - Judy Moon Glasson (04/09/2015)
Judy Moon Glasson was born and raised in Ruby Valley, NV and was one of seven children – four sisters and two brothers. She moved to Elko to find a job and ended up getting married. Judy speaks about how Elko use to be a small town until the mines…