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August 1977 Crow Fair and Rodeo
8-16-77 Gordon and Edith’s Gordon said that they go to pow wows all over during the summer. We go every weekend. Crow, Ft. Peck, Bismark. Fort Hall, Idaho. We don’t go to Canada though. Us Indians are funny that way. The Indians up in Canada don’t like us especially the Bloods. They hate the Gros Ventre. Edith said that they were going to the Crow Fair this weekend. We’ll camp down there. Gordon said that they would spend most of their time at the rodeo on Saturday. They

Sandy Siegel
Jul 254 min read


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
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