Judy Moon Glasson was born and raised in Ruby Valley, NV and was one of seven children – four sisters and two brothers. She moved to Elko to find a job and ended up getting married. Judy speaks about how Elko use to be a small town until the mines opened up in Carlin, NV. She then speaks about the traditional practices of the Western Shoshone such as pine-nutting, Bear dances, Hand games, and Circle dances. She also enlightens her audience on some of the history of the Ruby Mountain area and moreover what the Western Shoshone people did therein. Judy ends her oral history by encouraging younger generations to keep up the Shoshone traditions.
Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh
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Georgianna Price is a Western Shoshone from Battle Mountain, part of the Te-Moak Tribe. Georgianna begins her oral history by highlighting her time growing up and going to school in Battle Mountain. She speaks about the Battle Mountain camp, and how it came to be. She then goes into her family lineage describing traditions among Western Shoshones and history of Battle Mountain. Price then goes on to tell the audience about some Shoshone tales told to her. She ends her discussion by giving details of raising her kids while she was cooking for the buckaroos around Battle Mountain, and she also addresses younger audiences encouraging them to go to school.
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Barbara Ridley discusses her family and garden at home in Elko, and then travels to Beowawe to discuss her family and neighbors.
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Oral History Interview with Barbara Ridley, Western Shoshone from Crescent Valley, NV on 06/30/2014
This oral history contains significant Shoshone language conversation, and is recommended for usage by community language teachers.
Barbara Ridley discusses her family and garden at home in Elko, and then travels to Beowawe to discuss her family and neighbors.
Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh
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Gracie Begay is a member of the Western Shoshone Te-Moak tribe in Wells, Nevada. She was seventy-eight when this video was recorded. Gracie speaks of her great-great-grandfather Captain Joe Gilbert and the people from Austin and Reese River (Yomba) who were moved by the Union Soldiers to the Battle Mountain colony in 1937. She also tells of the camp that was at the Ricksie station near Beowawe, and how she and her relatives went to school there. Gracie also goes on to tell about her involvement with the Danns, and how she went with them to the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. She goes on to tell of the history of her family, and how she was involved with Indian Health Service and the Health Board for the Western Shoshone. She ends by summarizing the importance of recording Shoshone history, and how it is a tool for future generations.
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Delaine Spark Spilsbury and Laura Star Rainey are both Great Basin Shoshone from Ely, Nevada, part of the Western Shoshone. They began this oral history by speaking of their experiences going to grammar and high school as well as growing up during the Depression. They both spoke about the challenges of making a career in engineering while you’re a woman. They go one to speak about the traditions such as hunting and fishing that were practiced by Western Shoshone people. They also spoke about how their parents’ traditions were diffused by Stewart Indian School. The ended their stories by telling the audience about their sons up-bringing and speaking to the youth.
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Evelyn Temoke-Roche begins by telling us the history of the Temoak people of the Wattadicca (Rice-eaters). She speaks of the 1863 Ruby Valley Treaty and the implications and events surrounding it including the land claims. Evelyn also describes the traditional Shoshone territory, the traditional medicinal plants, and the beginning of the Reservation period. She speaks of her grandfather Muchach Temoke, who became chief of the Western Shoshone. Evelyn also reflects upon her up-bringing including her travels, including her involvement in the American Indian Movement (AIM). She also recants on Shoshone medicine people.
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