Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh
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Helen Walker is from Duckwater Reservation near Eureka, NV she had 3 older sisters, 2 brothers, and 1 younger sister. Her family was originally from the Smoky Valley area then they were given a house by the government and started ranching in Duckwater. Her father worked the ranch while she helped her mother garden. She went to Stuart Indian School and learned housekeeping she also lived in a Ranch in Moapa, NV. Later in life she worked at the Senior Center in Duckwater as a cook and took the elders to powwows and to go pine-nutting. She also talks about hand games, sweat lodge and Indian doctoring. She ends by telling us about the Shoshone language class and the young children taking it.
Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh
Transcript Pending
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Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh
]]>Delaine George is a Shoshone from the Duckwater tribe, and she is part of the Adams family. Her mother and father came from Beatty, NV. She had 2 brother and 1 sister along with a lot of nieces, nephews, and grandsons. She grew up in Duckwater with no water or electricity, but recalls when her siblings would go to a creek to fish and swim. She then speaks about going to school in Currant, NV, Stewart Indian School, and then to Haskell Indian School among others. She then speaks about the different occupations she had and how she traveled around and ended up back at Duckwater Reservation.
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Interviewed by Norm Cavanaugh
Cast of Play:
Norm Cavanaugh - Narrator
Christian Yesslith - Tokoa (Rattlesnake)
Rain Garrity - Teheyan (Deer)
Cora Burchett - Pia Kwi'naa (Eagle)
Trent Griffith - Itsappeh (Coyote)
Shakea Jim - Kinii (Hawk)
Augastina Fernandez - Tsippih (Squirrel)
Fawn Bear - Weta (Bear)
Mariah Gonzales - Pehyen (Duck)
Director: Sloan Sampson
In Western Shoshoni with English subtitles and commentary.
Video courtesy of the the University of Utah Shoshoni Language Project.
]]>The play Twelve, explaining the origin of the months and seasons, is based on a traditional Shoshone story as told by Norm Cavanaugh. The play was created and performed by SYLAP participants during the summer of 2014 at the Natural History Museum of Utah. Directed by Sloan Sampson. In this video, the play performance is enhanced with interviews about the story and the process of bringing it to life.
Cast of Play:
Norm Cavanaugh - Narrator
Christian Yesslith - Tokoa (Rattlesnake)
Rain Garrity - Teheyan (Deer)
Cora Burchett - Pia Kwi'naa (Eagle)
Trent Griffith - Itsappeh (Coyote)
Shakea Jim - Kinii (Hawk)
Augastina Fernandez - Tsippih (Squirrel)
Fawn Bear - Weta (Bear)
Mariah Gonzales - Pehyen (Duck)
Director: Sloan Sampson
In Western Shoshoni with English subtitles and commentary.
Video courtesy of the the University of Utah Shoshoni Language Project.