U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Oral History Project: Interview with Michael Childs

Titles: U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Oral History Project: Interview with Michael Childs (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Michael Childs was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 2, 1945 to Lucille and Lorenzo Childs. He lives in Welch, Minnesota and is enrolled as a member in the Prairie Island Sioux tribe. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing Up Dakota, Education, Boarding Schools, Lena Campbell, Dakota Culture and Values, Hunting, Dakota Factions, 1862, John Otherday, Assimilating, Genocide, Adolph Hitler, Germ Warfare, Dakota Land, Differences between White and Dakota, Racism, Alcoholism.

Dates

• 04/20/2011 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewer: Locke, Deborah
• interviewee: Childs, Michael

Identifiers

• Accession Number: AV2011.45.7

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Oral History Project'

Quantity: 3 digital file 21 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 01:37:22 minutes running time

Subjects

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