Robert Goodvoice 1
Date
1977
Authors
Goodvoice, Robert
Journal Title
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
Robert Goodvoice tells a story of the Sioux Indians' first contact with Europeans and prophecies regarding the Europeans. He gives accounts of the 1851 Treaty made at Fort Laramie between the Sioux and the American Government and of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre. He also tells of the establishment of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan, and its chiefs.
Description
13 p. transcript of an interview with Robert Goodvoice conducted by an unknown interviewer sometime between June 15-October 15, 1977. Tape number IH-102, transcript disc 8.
Keywords
Calendars -- Names of the months, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Choice of, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Duties of, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Qualifications for, Education -- Traditional, Land -- Ownership, Concepts of, Land -- Sale, Non-Indians -- Early attitudes toward, Non-Indians -- First contact with, Non-Indians -- Prophecies regarding, Sioux Indians, Sioux Indians -- And the Fort Laramie Treaty, Sioux Indians -- And the Minnesota Massacre (1862), Sioux Indians -- Movement to Canada, Social organization -- Decision-making, Stories and storytelling (Specific) -- First Sioux contact with white men, Tipi -- Specialized, Values -- Manhood, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Tarasota, Wahpaton Reserve, Saskatchewan