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Interview with Juanita Bow KinlichinieOn Juanita's parents and growing up in Moapa; moving to Pahrump, and recollections of that community; riding to Moapa from Logandale on the train; remarks on various Native American dances and on the Salt Songs; the dos and don'ts of traditional Southern Paiute culture. Juanita's knowledge of Southern Paiute songs; further discussion of Salt Songs; on raising children and how that has changed since Juanita's youth; further memories of Ash Meadows, and of a long horseback ride; further mention of Salt Songs. Remarks on medicine men in Southern Paiute culture; a special gypsum cave and other sacred sites; on healing by medicine men using native plants. On nuclear testing in the 1950s and its lasting effects on people and native plants; pollution from a present-day power plant; reflections on Southern Paiute language and culture and on the state of today's world; native foods, especially pine nuts; thoughts on religion and prayer; a closing prayer. - 2010 - Nye County Town History Project |
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Interview with Ray SharpRay's birth and remarks on his parents; the Sharp family home on the Manse Ranch; memories of school and of fights; doing ranch work, then moving to an open-pit mine and living and working there; the Sharps' homestead; memories of people in Pahrump; remarks on Ray's children; a frightening experience in a truck. - 2010 - Nye County Town History Project |
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Interview with Imogene SharpImogene's birth in Beatty; her father's work on ranches in Pahrump, including the Manse Ranch; individuals in the Native American community there; contrasting the Manse Ranch then and now; recalling school days and Pop Buol; trips to Las Vegas in the 1940s; gardening in Pahrump; life on the Manse Ranch; traveling to Las Vegas for high school. Imogene's mother and father and their respective backgrounds; harvesting native plants for medicine and food; gathering pine nuts; hunting wild game; family meals; water and the pools on the Manse Ranch; the Sharp family homestead and Walter Bowman's role in acquiring it; memories of school and of childhood activities. - 2010 - Nye County Town History Project |
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Interview with Gloria Wilson ShearerA discussion of Gloria's birth and her mother and siblings; moving to Baker; Gloria's mother marries Bob Lee; living in Moapa, then in the Kingston Mountains; some native herbs; memories of Horse Thief Springs; Gloria's father's work at the Noonday Mine; memories of Boone Wilson and the Wilson Ranch; a time spent in Pahrump as a young girl; memories of Shoshone and of Chappo Springs. Further recollections of life in Pahrump; discussing mesquite beans; Southern Paiute methods of childbirth; Gloria's grandparents; more memories of Pahrump and remarks on people who lived there. On tribal recognition for Pahrump Paiutes; Gloria's experience in Washington, D.C., with gaining land in Las Vegas for the Paiutes there; the importance of family; some old-time beliefs; remarks on Whispering Ben and on Chief Tecopa; living on the land; the loss of a language; remembering Pahrump students attending high school in Shoshone. - 2010 - Nye County Town History Project |
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An Interview with Harry FordRobert McCracken talking to Harry "Button" Ford at his home in Pahrump, Nevada, October 30, November 8, December 9, December 17, December 30, 2010, and January 17 and February 8, 2011. 2nd Oral History Interview |
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An Interview with Tim HafenRobert McCracken talking to Tim Hafen at his office in Pahrump, Nevada, May 25, 2011. Mr. Hafen reviewed this transcript some months later. 2nd Oral History Interview |
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An Interview with Cameron McRaeRobert McCracken interviewing Cameron McRae at his home in Pahrump, Nevada, July 12, 15, and 21, 2011. |
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An Interview with Mark WilliamsRobert McCracken talking to Mark Williams at the Wimbledon Apartments in Las Vegas. This is August 19, 20, and 21, 2011. . 2nd Oral History Interview |