Interview · North Dakota · Eugene Hale · NDNAEU 2
Themes: Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Children & young people, Intergenerational learning
Learn About questions
How old are the moccasins Eugene shared?
How were they made?
What were they made out of?
Learn From questions
Do I have any items from my grandparents? What are they and how do I feel about them?
Do I have things I hope to pass on to my children or grandchildren?
Is it important to me to have stories and things passed on to me? Is it important to me to pass things on to my descendants? Why?
Transcripts
Grandmother's Moccasins with Eugene Hale NDNAEU 2
Watch this interview on YouTubeAnd whether she was when she was a little girl they made her some obeisance and after she odd groom they told her said one if you have a child in the future she said and she could work he can wear them and she can wear them and these the ones that were her sit was big back in that nine nineteen 234 think it is somewhere around there that came a long ways now I keep them all to and show my kids and as if I could soften him up over that one of my grandchildren were so that’s what I’m thinking about you know but you know just my feelings I want to do something good too much my grandchildren my children so they can say something to people say I got a great grandpa you sound like that you know I love my grandpa things do I get my grandchildren and my grandchildren the older ones have their children so I got to see my second great-grandchildren so I was today I don’t blame myself bring you know God for bringing me just for life so that’s that’s gonna pursue I am you know
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NDNAEU document credits: Eugene Hale — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
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