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01 Charles Hunter Introduction

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Interview · North Dakota · Charles Hunter

Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Intergenerational learning

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Learn About questions

1. Which Tribal ancestries does Charles Hunter identify in his introduction? 2. How does he describe his continuing connection to his family's ranch? 3. What connection does he explain between his name, his grandfather and military service?

Learn From questions

1. What places and family relationships help me explain who I am? 2. What responsibilities or gifts have been passed to me by an older relative? 3. How might I listen more carefully when someone describes several parts of their cultural identity?

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01 Charles Hunter Introduction

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My name is Charles Wayne Hunter junior but I go by Chuck I’ve gone by Chuck my whole life I’m originally from Newtown / white shield I grew up out in the country and my parents are Wayne and Martha Hunter oh so that’s where I come from I come from Arikara Northern Cheyenne Mandan and Hidatsa Ricker are both are my parents both sides Northern Cheyenne on my dad’s side and hit outs on my mom’s side man debt on my dad as well so I’m a member of the three affiliated tribes here enrolled member group because I born and raised here grew up here looking up about the map and I still live out where my mom’s I grew up on buy a new shoe out there or a white shield area so I still live there today and ranch one of my family’s ranch work here every day come in to work every day so same thing my AmeriCorp my name in Arikara is uh isto hook it strikes on the water I’m a Marine Corps veteran so our name was given to me it was my grandfather’s name they passed it on to me as well he was a navy veteran there in World War two so he was a gunner on a ship and I was that on land so they passed the name down to me on that hike or outside

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