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August 1977 John and Joan Wedding
8-2-77 Ida’s Letty and Ida had a wedding shower for Joan. There were about thirty people there. They had a lot of food and played some games. Then Joan opened her gifts. 8-10-77 Harlem Susie and I were in Don’s Pharmacy and we ran into John. Susie asked him if he was getting nervous. He said that he was a little nervous. I don’t think it’s really hit me yet, but I’m sure it will. He’s getting married to Joan on Saturday at the mission. She’s a teacher in Hays and is whi

Sandy Siegel
Jul 48 min read


August 1977 The Gros Ventre Language Workshop
8-1-77 rectory I was talking to Father, and I told him that George Horse Capture was planning to change the date of the White Clay People’s language workshop. Father said that he would get in touch with him about it. They did pretty well for the workshop. Father showed me the form announcing the grant award. They received $3,890 from the Montana Department of the Humanities. George and Elmer Main (the education specialist, BIA) are organizing the workshop, but the grant had

Sandy Siegel
Jun 2021 min read


Happy and Healthy 101, Mom!
The Greatest Generation, Indeed Marcia Siegel was born just a few years after her family arrived in America. It is a very long, complicated and horrible story that isn’t going to be told today. They came from eastern Russia, what is now Ukraine from a small peasant village in the Kiev District. The town was called Tetieve. Her family experienced unspeakable brutality. So many were killed. About 80% of the village was Jewish. By the end of the pogroms more than 4,000 Jews we

Sandy Siegel
Jun 1413 min read
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