Toby Hilman - Oral history (08/11/2008)

Toby Hilman - Oral history (08/11/2008)

Oral history interview with Toby Hilman, Northern Paiute from Pyramid Lake Reservation, NV on 08/11/2008

Toby Hilman is a Northern Paiute from the Pyramid Lake Reservation where he grew up until he attended Stewart Indian School. He speaks about being at Stewart and the discipline that was practiced there. Although one thing that he did receive from Stewart was education in carpentry which he now uses to make traditional pipes. He relays the importance of the pipes and how they are used in traditional ceremonies such as sweat lodge and sun dance. He also speaks about having Tuberculosis (TB) and being sent to Fort Bidwell in California and afterwards sent to an Indian sanatorium in Winslow, AZ. Later in life he recalls working for the Civilian Conservation Corp and surveying parts of Wadsworth, Pyramid Lake, and Walker River reservation. He also advices the youth to stay away from drugs and alcohol as well as to partake in outdoor activities and eating healthy.

Great Basin Indian Archives

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Great Basin Indian Archives

08/11/2008 [11 August 2008]; 2008 August 11

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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Consent form on file (administrator access only):

English; some Paiute

Norm Cavanaugh

Toby Hilman

Reno, NV (Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Senior Center)

Transcription in progress

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