Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Michael Pindegayosh

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Michael Pindegayosh (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Michael Pindagayosh was born in 1921. After attending school he was married and had six children. He worked for the Lakeland Door Company in Minneapolis before moving back to the Indian Reservation where he grew up. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Going to powwows when he was younger; how powwows have changed in modern times; getting married at a young age; hunting and gardening; working for the Lakeland Door Company; life in Minneapolis; moving back to the reservation; his deteriorating health; being labeled as a "deserter"; maintaining Indian traditions.

Dates

• 08/23/2006 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Pindegayosh, Michael
• interviewer: White, Karissa

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 118
• Accession Number: AV2008.31.9

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews' <OH 118>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassettes 20 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 72

Subjects

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