Anthony Tom Oral History Video pending
Read Anthony Lee Tom Oral History Transcript [pdf file]
Anthony Tom is a member of the Te-Moak Western Shoshone and a veteran from the Air Force who lives at the South Fork Reservation, which he and others referred to as Lee, NV. He speaks about the South Fork community’s virtues, as well as, his experience growing up there and ranching. Anthony also talks about how and what he would hunt with his Grandpa John. He goes on to tell of his time at the Phoenix Indian School, and how it changed his life, an in fact led him to attend the California College of Arts and Crafts. He also informs his audience of the Indian Relocation Program, and the resulting aftermath. He also speaks about his time in Tribal administration, his time as an artist, and how he owned Picture This in Elko, NV. He ends his presentation by telling us about his time playing hand-games.
Anthony Tom Oral History Video pending
Read Anthony Lee Tom Oral History Transcript [pdf file]
Ruby Sam was born at the Indian Hospital in Schurz, NV (Walker River Reservation) and had 9 siblings. Her father was Nelson Sam from Smoky Valley. Ruby lived and went to school in Duckwater, NV until the eighth grade then attended Stewart Indian School which eventually resulted in her attending school in Lund, NV at the behest of her father. As part of the 1956 Relocation Act, Ruby moved to Cleveland, OH and became a cosmologist. She eventually moved back to the Duckwater Reservation and had a variety of jobs within the tribe there. She ends her oral narrative by suggesting that the younger generation stay in and go to school.
Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh.
]]>Oral History Interview with Ruby Sam, Western Shoshone from Duckwater Reservation, NV on 04/22/2016
This oral history contains significant Shoshone language conversation, and is recommended for usage by community language teachers.
Ruby Sam was born at the Indian Hospital in Schurz, NV (Walker River Reservation) and had 9 siblings. Her father was Nelson Sam from Smoky Valley. Ruby lived and went to school in Duckwater, NV until the eighth grade then attended Stewart Indian School which eventually resulted in her attending school in Lund, NV at the behest of her father. As part of the 1956 Relocation Act, Ruby moved to Cleveland, OH and became a cosmologist. She eventually moved back to the Duckwater Reservation and had a variety of jobs within the tribe there. She ends her oral narrative by suggesting that the younger generation stay in and go to school.
Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh.