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Omar, Martha, and Ambrosia McBride [?], oral interview
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Title
Omar, Martha, and Ambrosia McBride [?], oral interview
Place
Montana
,
Nebraska
,
North Dakota
Subject
Dakota Indians
,
Indigenous peoples
,
Journalists
,
National Geographic
,
Oral histories
Description
"Bob? begins by talking about working as a fence repair man for very little money.
Mention of Secret Hoop, wellbeing of the tribe (1:55)
Unidentified female 1, married to Bob?, joins the conversation to talk about how the Council needs to be reformed, blame younger generation for problems they are facing because they have forgotten their roots and are defying the treaty.
Audio cuts out, Bob begins speaking again. He says they forgot who they are. The leadership corrupted people with money. They, especially the young people have moved to far away from the tribe.
Unidentified Female 1 says government shuts off electricity, they have wood stoves but people must get approval from the tribal council to do things like cut wood for a fire. Says many people had trouble getting though the winter because the government turned off the electricity. Discussion about pluming, how expensive electricity is, and water wells.
Audio cuts and we move to a new speaker named Duane around (11:50). He talks about the department selling hunting permits to natives as well as non-natives. He also says the tribe doesn’t have the right to fish in the area, and that it is tied up in the courts- their water right is in question as well.
At (13:39) says there are 2000 people living on the reservation, and there are some who live elsewhere. Most people are unemployed (60-70%) because they don’t qualify for positions, and a lot of non-tribe members are hired on the reservation as well. The people who get hired are friends of the tribal council. Most people in the tribe live off state poverty programs.
Tribe leases land. People who are cattle ranchers make more money because they are able to sub lease the land to non-tribe members. Speaker says many of the people with cattle have given up their culture, and don’t have a cultural background.
Mention of relation to the Rosebud people (18:32)
Talk of marine core and educational background.
Interviewer asks what he thinks is most needed for the tribe to thrive. Duane says they need better leadership. People need a goal to fight for, and they trust the Bureau of Indian Affairs too much. He says a few of them have started to get together to research wildlife management.
Duane believes they have to learn the white mans education to live with them. BIA and school at (23:01). Many of the teachers are non-tribe members, and are just there for the salary. Not many kids in this area getting into college. He feels the land and reservation are under attack from the state and federal government.
Talk about the pros and cons of Land Consolidation act (28:19). Mentions corruption in that laws don’t apply to everyone if they have a connection. Need separation of powers. Lots of missionaries are given land. Mention of medicine men (32:00).
Discussion about how the language is almost gone completely. Speaker says the reservation is run by non Indians or people who cannot speak the language. (35:13) discussion of tribal council logistics. More about council corruption – a new council was elected but the election was thrown out. Bureau of Indian Affairs is keeping people divided.
Audio cuts, but we return to Duane and an Unidentified Male
Unidentified Male talks about 1955 fight against jurisdiction. United Sioux tribe takes money away from tribes and gives it to bureaucrats. A man named Orville Hicks embezzled money and now works for the United Sioux tribes. Talk moved to houses given from military site.
New speaker, Amers talks about Council Meetings (41:09) Buffalo county, the county they are in, has second highest unemployment Preceded by Shannon County. Leasing of land, many white cattle operators as well as tribe members. There is no separation of powers with the council. Tricky to make sure no one has too much power.
Talks about health care. They have to get authorization to go the hospital, and the closest hospital is 25 miles away and incredibly racist.
Racism in SD, the media, the governors"
Duration
1h44s
Archival Collection Title
Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Call Number
Ayer Modern MS Josephy
BibID
9911612434105867
Size
139.01 MB
Original file name
9911612434105867_00000_00021.mp3
Unique Identifier
NL1V6DX
Visibility Class
Public
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