Interview · North Dakota · Oliver Gourd · NDNAEU 2
Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Education & learning, Arts & expression, Economy & livelihoods, Listening & observation, Humor & play
Learn About questions
What is mni sa?
How does it affect the men in this story?
How does building to a punchline help a story?
What is the punchline in this story, “The Man Without a Face?”
How do lots of details help a story like this?
Learn From questions
What role does storytelling play in my life/family?
What is a favorite story I or someone in my family loves to tell?
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The Man Without a Face with Oliver Gourd NDNAEU 2
Watch this interview on YouTubeA long time ago you must been probably back in their thirties and forties it was hard enough a road this gravel roads and the mostly trucked railroad they call and so these guys were out drinking there now a long time ago Dakota don’t want liquor mini shop mini sod and so these guys they were two crazy guys they were drinking all night you know raising heck and they ran at the booze so they kind of was asleep the next morning they woke up these a hot Sun oh I have had he got up and talked innocent EEMA pazatto it’s long yeah I’m thirsty Michelle yeah me too Otto has occurred or he’s I’m sick he said occasion was got to knock see how much money do you have all right it’s a deal apartment efficiently Hudson they were a cotton had enough for a juggler I had to walk to town think about 15 20 miles so they were they were walking like that it up person who often dysentery drum then heard it’s drum do you hear that job yeah walking it got close that close of his snow you know kind of a little hill here as well does a teepee up day being ytp knows a guy tall guy standing in front of it they stopped over there looking at him they were thirsty the glass over some water when you hear guitar Williams asking for someone no you know no other school will pull across so they are they one update we’ve got up there and take a when he was glad to hi have you got any water yeah come on in and with also one who up it all we have a lot of water they opened that Tenten they got Indian teas a lot of people in there sitting around go they sat down somebody put him someplace and it was a fire just gonna smoke the rest were singing songs listen D I pass around that big dish of something liquid everything it’s raining it looking that they let the cross over there hope these buddies well have our doctor has what’s Tanith very low cause there’s mmm what is this okay it’s got no face he said kind of smoky they couldn’t see you he’s got no face he kind of got scared maybe that looked at him and so he looked at his looking at yeah one yeah her posture died or he was bawling and he was looking down the lane so anyway they say the last the other guy couldn’t already see good got no face and Harsha Dondo he was looking just looking done [Laughter] head in his boss posture [Laughter]
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NDNAEU document credits: Oliver Gourd — Spirit Lake (Dakota).
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