Janey Blackeye-Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair - Oral history (07/31/2017)

Janey Blackeye-Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair - Oral history (07/31/2017)

Oral history interview with Janey Blackeye-Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair, Western Shoshones from Duckwater, NV, on 07/31/2017.

Janey Blackeye-Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair presented a lecture to the Shoshone Community Language Initiative (SCLI) program at Great Basin College over the heritage of the Western Shoshone. They begin their presentation by going over women and men’s right of passages in regards to Western Shoshones. They talk about the traditions that they had to practice growing up which included hunting, dating, and so on. They also give us a view into the language and how it refers to the culture. Moreover, they give us an insight into their personal histories growing up in Duckwater, NV.
 
Presented at the 2017 Shoshone Community Language Initiative summer youth program (SCLI 17).

Play oral history video in separate page if above player not working
 
Transcription pending

Great Basin Indian Archives

Great Basin Indian Archives - GBIA 065

Great Basin Indian Archives

07/31/2017 [31 July 2017]; 2017 July 31

James Hedrick [interviewer]; James Hedrick [GBIA/VHC]; University of Utah SYLAP [streaming video]; Great Basin College; BARRICK

Non-commercial scholarly and educational use only. Not to be reproduced or published without express permission. All rights reserved. Great Basin Indian Archives © 2017.
Consent form on file (administrator access only): http://humanities.gbcnv.edu/omeka/admin/items/show/405

English; Shoshoni

James Hedrick

Janey Bryan and Shasta Blackeye-Adair

Great Basin College (Elko, NV)

Transcription in progress

MP4

01:01:56