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Remembering Grandmother’s Words with Eugene Hale

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Interview · North Dakota · Eugene Hale · NDNAEU 2

Themes: Language & revitalization, Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Boarding schools & assimilation, Spirituality & ceremony, Children & young people, Intergenerational learning

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Learn About questions

What is St. Michael’s Boarding School? When did children attend this school? How did Eugene’s grandma help him?

Learn From questions

Have I experienced a difficult time in my life that I now look back on? How did this time impact me? Have I ever forgiven someone who has really hurt me? How did it happen? How are we changed when we move from resentment and hurt to forgiveness?

Transcripts

Remembering Grandmother's Words with Eugene Hale NDNAEU 2

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I would school seen Michaels in the Catholic school and had some bad times at the school and the Catholic but you know I look back and they treated me I mean you know today I think well I should pray for them you know maybe they’re not here today but pay for them since maybe God will forgive them in some way you know that’s right do it out today decide this charter pray for things that bothered me or are involved in somebody else maybe it you know it’ll go away she said dope shot apiece Nikki said later it’s gonna be okay one day I should say so that’s what I was teaching the language in a schooler and I couldn’t get along with somebody there that it’s or I quit I didn’t because see I didn’t go to any universities or anything I just I wanted to a freshman and they quit because I was I was the oldest one in the class and didn’t not very long after I got drafted into the service then went to Vietnam and I came back and you know I think about time to adjust to just this world holiday I was memorable at grandma’s Awards so that really helped me and it took me about a year you know so I was okay and you know normal person and so I you know that’s stories I mean that’s I could see right now for now but usually we come up with a topic you know and then we talk about that and then I would whatever they asked us to say we think about and we tried telling them that something in that direction I mean demas Oh what did I can say okay

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NDNAEU document credits: Eugene Hale — Spirit Lake (Dakota).

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