Robert Goodvoice 5

Date
1977-10-13
Authors
Goodvoice, Robert
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract

He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food.
NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.

Description
14 p. transcript of an interview with Robert Goodvoice conducted by an unknown interviewer on October 13, 1977. Tape number IH-107, transcript disc 10.
Keywords
Buffalo -- Hunting of, Children -- Hunting by, Containers and utensils -- For food, Crimes and punishments -- Hunting code, violation of, Disease and illness -- Poisoning, Disease and illness -- Spread by non-Indians, Food -- Contaminated, Food -- Gathering of, Hunting -- Code, violation of, Hunting -- Small game, Non-Indians -- Duplicity of, Sioux Indians -- Persecution by Americans, Sioux Indians -- And the Minnesota Massacre (1862), Sioux Indians -- U.S. Gov't, relations with, Social organization -- Camp, Social organization -- Decision-making, Songs and singing -- In hunting, Black Hawk, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Little Crow, Many Hailstones, McKay Family, Prince Albert, Pipestone, Manitoba, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Sioux Valley, Manitoba, White Cap Reserve, Saskatchewan, White Tent
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