Oral History:
Interview#: OH036
Interviewee: Laura Grabner
Interviewer: Barbara Ditman
Date: 8/24/2013
Location: Shaw Historical Library
Length: 1:09:556
Subjects: Klamath Tribes
| Time Index | Topic |
| 0:00 - 1:37 | Introductions. |
| 1:37 - 18:04 | Laura's early family history and ancestral background: Francis Picard was her grandfather, and Robert Whittle was his friend and business partner in fish packing. Frank Picard was her father. |
| 18:04 - 23:21 | Food preparation in Laura's family. Tribal preparation of salmon. Camping. C'wam ceremony. |
| 23:21 - 32:00 | Preparation of sucker fish. |
| 32:00 - 40:50 | Pow-wow and trading traditions with other tribes. |
| 40:50 - 58:00 | Boarding school. Laura's family life during these difficult years. |
| 58:00 - 1:14:40 | Laura's Tribal life in Chiloquin; she was raised by her grandmother: Fishing on the river; canning huckleberries; making wocus and cooking with wocus. |
| 1:14:40 - 1:20:50 | Current Tribal proposals. Don Gentry, current Tribal Chairman, leading efforts to educate tribal youth in appreciation and traditional care of salmon. |
| 1:20:50 - 1:22:58 | Raefield Benson, Jr., OIT student and Mary's nephew, introduces himself, and tells about his interest in Tribal salmon culture and the promotion of its traditions. |
| 1:22:58 - 1:37:40 | Mary Elizabeth Summers Gentry, Laura's daughter and wife of Don Gentry, introduces herself and tells about her strong interests in promoting historical tribal salmon culture:"caring for the salmon". An OIT graduate, she tells about her life and that of her mother--two very eventful and interesting lives. |
| 1:37:40 - End | All chat together enthusiastically before adjourning to meet for lunch. |
(WAV format)
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