Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews

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

Description: This project chronicles the lives of Minnesota Indians who lived during World War II and are part of "Minnesota's Greatest Generation". Some of the subjects discussed include growing up on a reservation; attending government run boarding schools; powwows; the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC]; the Works Progress Administration [WPA]; enlisting in the armed forces; past and present life at the Red Lake Indian Reservation; the Great Depression; combat experiences during World War II; life after the war; the dropping of the atomic bombs; Indian cultural identity and traditions; the American Indian Movement; and views on the Cold War and Iraq War.

Dates

• 2006 (Creation)

Interviews

• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Rachel Barrett' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Jim Clark' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Vernon D. Clark' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with James W. Drouillard, Sr.' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Bert O. Good' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with William N. Amyotte' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Bill Light' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ernest Olson' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ruth Ann Strong' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with James L. Wipson' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Roberta McKenzie' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Ernest and Vernell Wabasha' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Maude Williams' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with Michael Pindegayosh' <OH 118>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassettes: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Minnesota Native American Interviews: Interview with B.L. Tibbetts, Sr.' <OH 118>

Creation

• interviewee: Amyotte, William
• interviewee: Barrett, Rachel
• interviewee: Clark, Vernon
• interviewee: Drouillard, James
• interviewee: Good, Bert
• interviewee: Light, Bill
• interviewee: McKenzie, Roberta
• interviewee: Olson, Ernest
• interviewee: Pindegayosh, Michael
• interviewee: Strong, Ruth Ann Boshey
• interviewee: Tibbetts, B. L. Sr.
• interviewee: Wabasha, Ernest
• interviewee: Wabasha, Vernell
• interviewee: Williams, Maude
• interviewee: Wipson, James
• interviewer: White, Karissa
• interviewer: Horrigan, Brian
• interviewer: Petry, Ben F.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 118
• Accession Number: AV2008.31

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 35.5 hours sound cassettes 684 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Subjects