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Telescope Hotel, circa 1950s
Black-and-white photograph of the Telescope Hotel and Bowling Lanes in Elko, NV, one of the Basque boarding houses. The photo is from the late 1950s.
Sun Dance in Silver Bow: Urban Indian Poverty in the Shadow of the Richest Hill on Earth
Nicholas Vrooman discusses the history of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, a polyethnic community of Native Americans forming from Cree, Assiniboine, and French roots in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Vrooman was…
Vrooman was…
Star Hotel, circa 1910s
Black and white photograph of the Star Hotel in Elko, NV, one of the first Basque boarding houses in the area, built in 1910. Caption reads "Star Hotel, Elko, Nevada--Pedro Jauregui, Propietario." Photograph from the book _La Historia_ (no further…
Spring 2015 Argentum and Student Art Exhibit
Scenes from the Argentum 2015 Release Reception and Student Art Show on 7 May 2015, with interviews with artists Shawn Collins, Debbie Heaton-Lamp, Kacie Ortiz, and Cynthia Delaney.
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Shoshone Community Language Initiative (SCLI) Materials 2017
Materials, mainly pictures, related to the 2017 SCLI Summer Youth Program, which ran from 5 July through 4 August 2017.
Materials include:
1) Participants graduation photo, full size
2) Participants graduation photo, cropped to 600px wide for …
Materials include:
1) Participants graduation photo, full size
2) Participants graduation photo, cropped to 600px wide for …
Shoshone Communities Language Teacher Workshop - 2016 (flyer)
Flyer for the Shoshone Communities Language Teacher Workshop organized by the Great Basin Indian Archive and hosted by Great Basin College on 18-19 November 2016.
Shawn L. Collins - Oral history (07/12/2017)
Shawn L. Collins addresses students at the Shoshone Community Language Initiative (SCLI) program at Great Basin College. Shawn L. Collins is a Western Shoshone from the South Fork area. He tells some of the stories of the Shoshone, about traditions…
Ruby Sam - Oral history (04/22/2016)
Oral History Interview with Ruby Sam, Western Shoshone from Duckwater Reservation, NV on 04/22/2016This oral history contains significant Shoshone language conversation, and is recommended for usage by community language teachers.
Ruby Sam was born…
Rosie Hall Jones - Oral history (04/14/2014)
Rosie Hall is a Western Shoshone from Duck Valley reservation (Owyhee, NV-ID). Her family came from various areas throughout the Great Basin region such as Ruby Valley and Paradise Valley. Her family was came from the Ainga diccada group. She…
Raymond Yowell IEN (Indigenous Environment Network) - Oral History (05/08/2006)
At the Indigenous Environment Network (IEN) meeting in Lee, NV on May 8, 2006 Raymond Yowell spoke of the Western Shoshone’s struggle with the United States. He recants the audience with the history of the Shoshone people explaining the various…