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  • Collection: Western Shoshone Oral Histories

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Doris Millet Allison was born in Austin, NV and moved to Round Mountain, NV then eventually moved to Duckwater Reservation, NV when she was 8 years old. Her grandfather originated from Maahadaquada Ghana (Smoky Valley, NV) and her grandmother’s…

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Earl and Beverly Crum speak about the different types of traditional Shoshone songs sung during different ceremonies and events. They speak about how songs are more than just a melody but include a story and sometimes a moral. They also talk about…

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Edith and Adele Fisk are Western Shoshone from Battle Mountain, NV and are currently residing in Elko, NV. Edith and Adele speak about the history of Battle Mountain while they were growing up. They speak about their families and what it was like…

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Eleanor Little was born in Miller Creek ten miles north of Owyhee, Nevada delivered by her grandmother Susie Nip in the traditional way. Her mother was Jessie Little and her father was George Little. She discusses how her family, and other families,…

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Elizabeth “Liz” Brady was born in Elko, NV between the Elko Smoke Shop and I-80 where the old Elko Senior Citizens Center was located. Her father’s name was Sontag Jackson whose grandparents were from the Austin area and were part of the Dubba…

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Elizabeth “Liz” Dann addresses students at the Shoshone Community Language Initiative (SCLI) program at Great Basin College. She starts her presentation by offering a prayer, and then speaks about the importance of our traditions. She also speaks…

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Ellison Jackson was the son of Robert Jackson and Lena Jackson. He is best known by his Native name Bombo. Bombo tells us of his childhood growing up in a tent near the Presbyterian Church in Owyhee, Nevada. He also tells us of his experience at the…

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Ellison Jackson relates various stories in Shoshone. Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh in Owyhee, NV View Oral History in separate page if above player not working. Transcript pending

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Evelyn Temoke-Roche, daughter of Frank and Theresa Temoke, introduces the audience to indigenous plants within the Great Basin Region. She describes the different characteristics, different locations, and different uses of each of the plants and how…

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Florence Steele and Lee Moon are Goshute from the Goshute Reservation. Florence and Lee start their oral history by telling the creation story of Coyote, and how Coyote brought over the Native Americans to the North American continent. They also…
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