| Titles |
Mille Lacs Ojibwe Social History Project: Interview with Albert Churchill |
|---|---|
| Description |
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Albert Churchill was born and grew up in the Lake Lena area until 1955 or so, when he and his family moved to Pine City, Minnesota. While living at Lake Lena, he worked in a number of capacities from logging and cutting pulpwood to working on the railroads to working on the road crews for Pine County. At the time of the interview, Albert Churchill was an elder of the Mille Lacs Ojibwe bands and co-keeper for one of thirteen active ceremonial drums on the reservation. He was a spiritual leader for the band and he and his son performed the Mldewlwln ceremonies each fall and spring. Mr. Churchill was also a spiritual advisor for the band's chemical dependency program. His daughter Bernida was the District III/Lake Lena representative for tribal |
| Quantity |
41 pages transcript |
| Format |
Content Category: text |
| Creation |
Interviewee: Churchill, Albert Interviewer: Godfrey, Anthony Made in: Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota, United States |
| Dates |
Creation: 08/06/1992 |
| Holding Type | Oral History - Interview |
| Identifiers |
OH 36 (Library Call Number) AV1993.251.4 (Accession Number) |
| More Info |
MNHS Library Catalog |
| Related Collections |
Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Mille Lacs Ojibwe Social History Project' |
Transcript