Oral History - Naomi Mason(04/23/2014)

Oral History - Naomi Mason (04/23/2014)

Oral history interview with Naomi Mason, Western Shoshone from Owyhee, NV, on 04/23/2014

Naomi Mason was born in 1929 and is currently a member of the Duck Valley Reservation.  Naomi begins her oral history by speaking of her mother and father’s lives, and how they belong to the Dosa Wihi (White Knife) clan.  She speaks of the Carlin Farm reservation, Duck Valley Reservation (Owyhee), and how the Shoshone would ranch these areas or be employed as cowboys.  Naomi also speaks of the Native Agents during the 1910s in Owyhee.  She also tells us of her fellow peers going to Stewart Indian School or Chemawa as well as the Reorganization Act of 1934.  She also speaks of her schooling from Berkley and ISU, as well as her career as a public nurse.  She draws attention to the culture and history of the Shoshone people within the Nevada area.

Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh, 23 April 2014, in Owyhee, NV

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04/23/2014 [23 April 2014]; 2014 April 23

Norm Cavanaugh [interviewer]; Scott A. Gavorsky [GBC Virtual Humanities Center]; James Hedrick [GBIA/VHC]; University of Utah SYLAP [streaming video]; Great Basin College; BARRICK Gold of North America

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English; Western Shoshone

Norm Cavanaugh

Naomi Mason

Owyhee, NV [residence of Naomi Mason]

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