Mike Shabaiash oral history interview, February 13, 15, and 20, 1979

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of three audio recordings of interviews with Mike Shabaiash. The interviews took place on February 13, 15, 20, 1979 and were conducted as a part of the Boundary Changes on the Fond du Lac Reservation Oral History Project. Frank Whitebird participated in the interviews and served as assistant to the interviewer and as translator on the recording. Susan Shabaiash also participated toward the end of the interview. A transcript of this interview is available.

Discussion covered identification of the location of paw-paw-sco-me-me-tig as mentioned the 1854 treaty, identification of the 1854 treaty boundaries on the southern and eastern end of Fond Du Lac Reservation, location of boundary markers on this line, identification of Indian movement on and use of land within the 1854-1858 boundaries (in the vicinity of Prairie Lake and Puck Lake or Swan Lake), additional discussion of the lawsuit regarding Indian ricing rights at Puck Lake and identification of village and cemetery sites on Prairie, Rice Portage, Perch, and Big Lake.

Dates

Creation: February 13, 15, and 20, 1979

Creator

From the Collection: Boundary Changes on the Fond du Lac Reservation Oral History Project (Fond du Lac, Minn.) (Organization)
From the Collection: Blacketter, James Sr., 1909 October 20- (Person)
From the Collection: Danielson, Elizabeth, 1888 October 12-1982 December 02 (Person)
From the Collection: DuFault, Bob, 1913 January 16-1988 May 10 (Person)
From the Collection: Savage, Dave, 1888 July 31-1983 September 5 (Person)
From the Collection: Shabaiash, Mike, 1890 September 10-1990 January 10 (Person)
From the Collection: Shabaiash, Susan Blacketter, 1903 June 30-1982 September 22 (Person)
From the Collection: Sommer, Barbara (Person)
From the Collection: Sorenson, Nancy, 1886 March 13-1993 November 06 (Person)
From the Collection: Whitebird, Flora Pineau, 1901 February 21-1989 May 04 (Person)
From the Collection: Whitebird, Frank C., 1895 June 21-1986 March 19 (Person)
From the Collection: Whitebird, Simon, 1908 March 5-1997 September 12 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Mike Shabaiash, an Ojibwe man from Minnesota, was a resident of Fond du Lac Reservation. In 1979 he lived in Sawyer, Minnesota.

Frank Whitebird, an Ojibwe man from Minnesota, was a resident of Fond du Lac Reservation. He married Flora Pineau. In 1978 he lived in Cloquet, Minnesota.

Author: B. Sommer