Topic: People of Minnesota / Subject Headings: Interviews and Ojibwa Language

Creator:: Mary Anderson
Date Created:: 1983-03-27
Description:: Interview with Mary Anderson. Mary Anderson was born on Burntside Lake. Her mother was an Objiwe (sometimes called Chippewa) who was born on the Indian Reservation near Tower, Minnesota, the Bois Forte Indian Reservation. Her father, who was French and Irish, was born in Norway, Michigan. When her father was 14 his family moved to Tower. Mary said her parents each had to learn the other's language. Mary explained about how her father's family never accepted his Native American wife.
Contributing Institution:: Ely-Winton Historical Society
Type:: Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:: Oral histories

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