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

8-1-77 Harlem Susie went to see Rocky at the Harlem Theatre with Gordon and Edith. There were a lot of people from Hays there. People cheered during the boxing scenes. Edith said that people around here are really into boxing. Glen and Dory boxed for a while. Edith said that she was a nervous wreck when they fought. Harlem 8-1-77 Jim and Beatrice’s Beatrice said that when old man Al First Sound came around to choose the dancers he sure scared some of the young kids. He

7-11-77 trailer At noon Chuck came to our trailer. We were surprised to see him. This was the first time he had come to see us. He’s a friend of ours from Billings. We met him through Susie’s father. Long story. He is an Oneida Indian. The tribe is from New York, but the government moved them to Wisconsin. He was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation. His father worked for the BIA for years. When he was very young, his family moved to Riverside, California where his father was

Education and Employment 7-4-77 trailer I asked Gordon how I would go about getting either SPEDY or YCC workers to help me in the potato garden. He said that I would have to ask SPEDY kids, and that I wouldn’t be able to get YCC. People have been asking me for the YCC kids to help them around their homes, so I had to find out if they could go to do this kind of work. They told me that YCC does things that are permanent, like building structures and doing work that wil

7-2-77 Ray and Irma’s We told Ray and Irma that we were going to the July 4 th celebration in Zortman, and we invited them to go with us. Irma said that she wanted to go to Rocky Boy for the Sundance on Sunday and maybe stay over until Monday. Ray said that he hadn’t decided whether to go to Rocky Boy or not. Irma said that the Sundance is really not a fun time – it is a very religious occasion. “But I like to go there because I get a chance to visit with old friends and I

Matt and Carletta 6-1-77 mission I was talking to Matt. He was visiting us at the mission. He invited me to go repelling with them. They go up into the canyon to the top of the cliffs. Matt has a 160 foot nylon rope that he ties to a tree. They repel down the cliff. Matt learned how to do this in the army. 6-3-77 Chinook and Hays Matt and Carletta lived in a house in Chinook. They rented the house while both of them were going to school in Havre at Northern Monta

5-2-77 I went to visit Irma and Ray. Irma, Ruth and Shannon and I sat around the kitchen table and talked. Irma said that she remembered really well when TB was a big problem here. It's not as big a problem as it used to be. We used to take a tablespoon of cod liver oil every day. It was supposed to prevent TB. At first I hated it but my mother would make us take it. After a while I actually didn't mind the taste. It didn't taste so bad. I got used to it. And it was suppose

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We arrived at the mission in Hays on August 9, 1976, in the early afternoon. I was astonished to discover that my first fieldnotes from...

The Gros Ventre or A’aniii are an Algonquian-speaking people. There are quite a few tribes that speak languages belonging to this family....