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Title	Helen Peterson Interview
Date	1980-08-27
Interviewee	Paul, Helen
Description	Interview by Kathy Bruneau as part of Washington Women's Heritage Project . Interview topics include : Geographic Locations: Seattle; Puyallup Subjects: Native Americans, Makah Tribe and language definitions, women together, clubs, women’s work, pre-arranged marriages, school memories, white/Indian relations, traditional crafts, housing, construction, church, education, boats, transportation, fishing, singing, dancing, family worked for Governor Stevens, childhood memories, storytelling, salmon preparation. Description of different Indian societies: Lukla, Hum-a-dah (wild men of the woods), the Medicine society. Helen relays some of the words in the songs. Alaska seal hunting, description of how one gets an Indian name. Helen was given the 1980 Peace and Friendship Award for her contributions to historical heritage. Talks about the importance of passing the history of her culture to her children. Forbidden to speak the Makah language at school, now teaching it to young children of Kindergarten age. Life during the Great Depression. Crafts made with readily available natural fibers. Recreation, horseback riding, cannery work, women leaders, helping schools, minorities, and travel; discusses importance of making Native American botanical and other information available to the public . Organizations: Presbyterian Women’s Association
Listen to Audio	Audio available online (edited version): Click here to listen to edited interview clip 1: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/PetersonH19800827-1aEDIT.mp3 (29:28) Click here to listen to interview clip 2: http://media.wce.wwu.edu/cpnws/WWHP/PetersonH19800827-1b.mp3 (21:57)
Transcript	Edited transcript available at : http://west.wwu.edu/cpnws/findingaids/cpnws/Transcripts/WWHP/PetersonH19800827transcriptEDIT.pdf
Contributors	Bruneau, Kathy
Collection Name	Washington Women's Heritage Project records
Repository	Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University
Additional Information	For more information about this resource, contact the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA 98225-9123. Tel: (360) 650-7747. Please cite the Identifier name/number.
Document Type	oral histories (document genres)
Language	Materials entirely in English.
Digital Collection	Washington Women's History Consortium- Oral Histories
Digital Format	Audio cassette recording (one tape, 60 minutes) digitized as 44.1kHz (16 bit) WAV file (Archival Copy), with access copy saved in mp3 format.
Date of Digital Object	2007-04-05 and 2007-05-10
Identifier	PetersonH19800827
Grant Project	Funding to digitize this resource was made available by a grant from the Washington State Legislature to the Washington Women's History Consortium.
Publisher	Published by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Rights	Permission to publish or display this resource must be obtained from the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University.
Subject	Women--Washington (State)--History--Sources
Geographic Subject	Washington (State)

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