Lawrence Tobacco interview
Date
1983-06-20
Authors
Tobacco, Lawrence
Welsh, Christine
Snowsill, Tony
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract
Lawrence Tobacco, born 1919, on the Poor Man Reserve, Saskatchewan He attended a residential school and is now involved in traditional education and counseling. He talks about farming and raising cattle on the Poor Man Reserve; shares a story of a trip he took to Winnipeg to sell cattle for a number of reserves in the File Hills area, and how Indian Affairs officials tried to bribe him with part of the proceeds of the sale; shares stories of defiance toward Dept. of Indian Affairs paternalism such as: butchering a cow without a permit; buying a tractor and establishing outside credit without a permit. He also shares his experiences in the Catholic residential school on the Muskowekan Reserve, 1926-1935.
Description
38 p. transcript of an interview with Lawrence Tobacco conducted by Christine Welsh and Tony Snowsill on June 20, 1983. Tape number IH-124/IH-125a transcript disc 9.
Keywords
Agriculture -- Cattle-raising, Agriculture -- Farming instructors, Agriculture -- Farming, Agriculture -- Gardening, Chiefs and chieftainship -- Election of, Children -- Raising of, Education -- Attitudes toward, Education -- And child labor, Education -- And cultural suppression, Education -- Day schools, Education -- Residential schools, Education -- Traditional, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Attitudes toward, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Indian agents, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Paternalism, Indian Affairs, Department of -- Permit system, Land -- Sale, Medicine and curing practices -- Faith, Non-Indians -- Duplicity of, Social organization -- Decision-making, Trade -- With non-Indians, Values, Values -- Honesty, Values -- Respect, Work -- Attitudes toward, Work -- Self-sufficiency