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U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Oral History Project: Interview with Leslie Smoke
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Description BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Leslie Smoke was born on December 29, 1941 on the Dakota Plains First Nation Reserve, Manitoba, Canada to Tiyo Myron and Chaska Smoke. He is a lifelong member of the Dakota Plains Community. He attended a day school at Dakota plains for 7 years. He has lived in several places including High Bluff and Lockport, Manitoba. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Growing up, Boarding School, Dakota Culture and Values, the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and Ways of Commemorating, Inter-cultural Relationships, Life Today, Spirituality, Christianity.
Quantity 1 digital file
13 pages transcript
Format Content Category: sound recordings
Content Category: text
Measurements 00:27:44 minutes running time
Creation Interviewer: Locke, Deborah
Narrator: Smoke, Leslie
Made in Manitoba, Canada
Subjects Dakota Indians
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862
Made in Manitoba, Canada
Dates Creation: 01/18/2012
Holding Type Oral History - Interview
Accession Number AV2011.45.48
Related Collections Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 Oral History Project'