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Letter from E. C. McClellan to U. S. Claims Office, 24 August 1907
Letter to U.S. Claims office requesting what land lots remained vacant in the Elko Colony.
Lester Shaw Jr. - Oral history (06/01/2016)
Lester Shaw Jr. was born in Boise, ID and was son to Lester Shaw and Lillian Thomas Shaw. Lester currently resides on the Duck Valley Reservation where he attended school until 1961 and became president of the FFA and participated in various sports.…
Laura Stark Rainey - Oral History (05/28/2014)
Laura Stark Rainey is a Western Shoshone from the Ely Shoshone Tribe part of the Western Shoshone Nation. Laura took us on a tour of the Cave Lake State Park and surrounding areas describing the hunting and gathering practices of the Western…
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…
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…
Katherine Blossom - Oral history (07/10/17)
Katherine Blossom addresses students at the Shoshone Community Language Initiative (SCLI) program at Great Basin College. Katherine Blossom begins her discussion by describing the benefits of learning the language. She speaks about how her mother and…
Katherine Blossom - Oral history (03/27/2012)
Katherine Blossom is a Western Shoshone from Elko, NV. She begins her presentation speaking about how Native Americans have adapted to the land, and that it was the Native Americans duty to pray for all things that exist within this universe. She…
Johnny Bobb - Oral history (09/20/2014)
Johnny Bobb is a Western Shoshone from the Yomba reservation. He was born near Austin, Nevada and was raised by his grandma and grandpa. Johnny tells us of his up-bringing and how his grandparents were concerned with traditional practices being…
Johnny B Piano Man - 'Rhythm of the North' Educational Outreach Performance
Musician Johnny B. Piano Man performed selections from his "Rhythm of the North" show at Great Basin College Theater on 2 November 2016 for an audience of students from Elko and Spring Creek High Schools and other members of the community. The…
John Adams Encounters the Basque
Account of John Adams visit to the Basque country in Spain in 1779. The visit was the result of delays in Adams travelling to Paris to begin the peace process in the American Revolution.
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Part of the Intertwined series of…