Interview · South Dakota · David Bald Eagle · OSEU 2
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New transcript-based questions created with AI assistance using Scott Simpson’s Learn About and Learn From guide.
Learn About questions
1. What different name did Casey Tibbs encourage David Bald Eagle to use?
2. What reason does Bald Eagle recall being given for that advice?
3. How does he interpret the pressure to avoid using his own name?
Learn From questions
1. When might a person feel pressured to change their name to be accepted?
2. What assumptions do I make when I hear an unfamiliar name?
3. How could I help make a setting welcoming to people using the names they choose?
Transcripts
David Bald Eagle - Casey Tibbs & Indian Names - OSEU 2
Watch this interview on YouTubeJosie was facing the door and I was just facing the other way. We were having dinner or lunch here? Somebody tapped me on the shoulder. “Hello, Chips,” he says. I knew right away it was Casey. He calls me “Chips” you know. He gave me the name Chip Warner. He wanted me to write by the name of Chips Warner. “If you use Bald Eagle”, he says. “Dave,” he says. “You'll never make it anywhere.” He wanted me to write by the name of Chips Warner. So I did. And here he told the truth. Politics. Yes. They didn't want any Indian to get famous, I guess.
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Casey Tibbs & Indian Names
David Bald Eagle - Casey Tibbs & Indian Names -
OSEU 2
Josie was facing the door and I was just facing the other way. We were having dinner or
lunch here? Somebody tapped me on the shoulder. “Hello, Chips,” he says. I knew right
away it was Casey. He calls me “Chips” you know. He gave me the name Chip Warner.
He wanted me to write by the name of Chips Warner. “If you use Bald Eagle”, he says.
“Dave,” he says. “You'll never make it anywhere.” He wanted me to write by the name of
Chips Warner. So I did. And here he told the truth. Politics. Yes. They didn't want any
Indian to get famous, I guess.