Earl and Beverly Crum - Oral History (02/01/2006)

Earl and Beverly Crum - Oral History (02/01/2006)

Oral history interview with Earl and Beverly Crum, Western Shoshone from Duck Valley Reservation, Owyhee, NV on 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 how the language is put together and how it is culturally significant. Earl and Beverly also tell about the customs of the Shoshone Bear dance and hand games as well as provide a tale explaining the hand game: Coyote and the hand game. They play an array of traditional Shoshone songs. Earl describes his childhood in Battle Mountain, Nevada during the Great Depression.

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Read Earl and Beverly Crum Oral History Transcript [pdf file]

Great Basin Indian Archives

Great Basin Indian Archives - GBIA 004

Great Basin Indian Archives

02/01/2006 [01 February 2006]; 2006-02-01

Norm Cavanaugh [interviewer]; James Hedrick [GBIA/VHC]; University of Utah SYLAP [streaming video]; Great Basin College; BARRICK Gold of North America.

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English; Shoshoni

Norm Cavanaugh

Earl Crum and Beverly Crum

Elko - GBC (Campus Studio)

Transcript is available: http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/admin/files/show/426

DVD, VOB format

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