Southern California Regional
Date1/31/2004
ClassificationsArchive
Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center
Object number013104-3
DescriptionSacramento, CACollections
Finding AidTimeCode Shot
0.00.07.00 Linda talks about Mark Mars
0.00.24.00 Edward John Schwartz-Doesn’t know a lot about NDN heritage. His father is from Topeka
0.01.41.00 Two sisters and a brother, coming to regionals since the first one.
0.02.14.00 Children two.
0.03.29.00 Some of the family does art.
0.04.17.00 Talks about learning the Language.
0.05.42.00 Edwards mother- talks about her children.
0.06.08.00 Never lived in KS.
0.06.34.00 Mike Ellis-*Vieux- Has Pictures from 40's and 50's
0.07.18.00 Hilton Melot is his cousin. From Shawnee.
0.07.53.00 Talks about family being from Shawnee.
0.08.20.00 Come to regionals for a long time. Brothers and Sisters all raised in Shawnee left in 58.
0.09.11.00 Went to Horce Mann and SHS. Rembers going to Pow Wow's.
0.09.54.00 James K Johnson-*Vieux-Sophia Vieux
0.10.45.00 Mike talks about Jim Thorpe's body and his resting place.
0.11.21.00 James talks about Jim Thorpe's daughters and what they are doing.
0.12.13.00 Involved in inter tribal center a school. 501c3. Any age students who want to learn tribal customs.
0.13.29.00 Meet once a month for the school it's an inter tribal school. Everyone is welcome.
0.15.09.00 Important to teach others about tribal ways and heritage.
0.15.29.00 Veteran's project-Living wall to bring awareness to who our vetrans are today-Fighting for their rights today.
0.16.22.00 Randa Johnson- born in CA and husband Paul. Has one son. Thirty and three grandsons.
0.17.02.00 Her dad gave her sons her NDN names. Talks about her and her siblings NDN names
0.18.58.00 Randa is secretary for her dad's organization.
0.20.16.00 Mr. Higbee- Dad was Joseph Bertrand Higbee.
0.20.36.00 His dad born in St Mary's KS. Then moved to OK. WWI started his dad was a teacher came to CA in 1920.
0.21.15.00 Relatives in OK one aunt. Nine boys two girls in dad's family. Jim Higbee is his son.
0.22.42.00 THP is great.
0.24.13.00 Mrs. Wood- Lives in CA. Has 4 children. Three girls one boy. Some relatives in KS
0.25.19.00 GM talked a lot about heritage.
0.26.04.00 Gayle Wood-Has two boys twins. Will attend first family festival in June.
0.27.16.00 Her focus is on family and she wants to learn more about the dress and about the culture.
0.28.00.00 William Schwartz - been in OR the past thirty years. Relatives in KS. Edward Schwartz is his father.
0.29.12.00 Been to a couple of the regional meetings. Went to a Pow-Wow in 1988. Lots of changes since then-Linda
0.29.51.00 Linda talks about all of the changes.
0.30.24.00 William would like to know more about history.
0.31.52.00 Hailey Barnett- in third grade. Have one baby sister. Sister will be 2 in Feb.
0.33.02.00 Learned a little about the NA's in school.
0.34.00.00 Linda talks about the CHC. Christopher Barnett. Lives in CA. Was a Juno founder of Milwaukee WI.
0.34.45.00 Joshua and Tiffany are his siblings.
0.35.10.00 Lucinda Barnett-*Schwartz/Vieux/Bertrand/Yott
0.36.59.00 Baby sister of Hailey
0.37.29.00 Lucinda talks about her children's NDN names. Also, talks about things that she would like to see at the Regional meetings.
0.38.50.00 Shows her daughter in law.
0.39.02.00 Daughter of Edward John Schwartz.
0.39.32.00 James Higbee talks about one of the members-Lewis Vieux.
0.40.16.00 Two nephews Jeff and Mark- Jeff is Bus executive for another tribe. And Mark is fourth generation in Police.
0.41.16.00 Both are almost seven foot tall.
0.41.44.00 Potawatomi nation people-Jim Thorpe-was taken to the sac and fox roll.
0.42.46.00 Mr. Higbee was sheriff of Cleveland Co.
0.43.07.00 Wood asks question and James answers about differences in tribes.
0.44.00.00 Linda talks about NA's
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