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

Chief Joseph Battlefield, Bear Paw Mountains 8-1-77 Gordon and Edith’s I told Edith that we were going to the ceremony at Chief Joseph’s battlefield on August 12th. She said that she would like to come along with us and we said that was fine. “It might sound strange to you but I’ve never been there.” 8-12-77 Chief Joseph Battlefield Susie and I went to the Chief Joseph Battlefield south of Chinook. There were festivities put on by the Chinook community to commemorate

Agency Tribal Offices August 22 On Friday, August 19 I called Jack Plumage and made an appointment with him for Monday morning at 11:00. I told him that I wanted to talk to him about the research I was doing on the reservation. Susie and I went to Jack Plumage’s office for a formal interview session in the afternoon after lunch. We sat around a large table in his room, and the atmosphere was very informal. The interview lasted from 2-5. Jack’s secretary came in a few time