Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ernest and Vernell Wabasha

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ernest and Vernell Wabasha (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Ernest Wabasha was born in 1929 in Santee, Nebraska. He attended Marty Mission School in South Dakota for eleven years. In 1948 he enlisted in the Navy and was sent to Europe during the Korean War. After his service, Wabasha married Vernell and graduated from DeVries Technical Institute. After moving around the United States, the couple returned to the reservation in Lower Sioux. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up in tents; canning and gardening; having a house built through the Works Progress Administration [WPA]; attending a Catholic boarding school; food stamps and rationing; attending Catholic church services and holding a job while in school; enlisting in the Navy after World War II; being stationed in Europe during the Korean War; employment situation after military service; graduating from DeVries Technical Institute; moving back to the reservation to take care of family affairs; helping develop Indian programs in school systems; being exposed to the American Indian Movement [AIM].

Dates

• 07/11/2006 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Wabasha, Ernest
• interviewee: Wabasha, Vernell
• interviewer: White, Karissa
• interviewer: Petry, Ben F.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 118
• Accession Number: AV2008.31.12

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: 3 hours sound cassettes 67 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 125

Subjects

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