Historical Window

Series produced by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio

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Historical window, a program that lets you experience the past and treasure the history of the Bois Fort Band of Chippewa through the voices of our elders.

Historical window, a program that lets you experience the past and treasure the history of the Bois Fort Band of Chippewa through the voices of our elders.


16 Pieces

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Lorrainne worked most of her life on the reservation. She remembers the Beattles coming in with a bang, all the kids liked the music, the sound an...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:31
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Luanne was afraid during the Cuban missile crisis, she thought we might go to war with Russia. Luanne's grandpa Louie teased Luanne about the Beat...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 07:12
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Marybelle, recalls trading items for food during the Depression. She owed the second television in the village. Marybelle could not understand wh...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:49
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Maurice as a young boy won a dance contest to 'get rhythym'. Maurice joined the U.S Marines as soon as he turned 18, having felt a strong sense of...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 10:10
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Donald grew up in Vermilion and had no electricity or running water in a 3 room house with 5 kids. They built a waginagaan that stood next to the ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 08:49
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Geraldine has fond memories of the Friday night dances and pie socials of her youth. While she had electricity they had a small red wagon they use...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
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Lester in the first grade, did not know a word of english and never wore shoes but moccasins. Lester shares the racial tension between the local O...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:18
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Mary is thankful for the teachings of her grandparents and how they rarely knew hunger for the gathering skills they acquired from their teachings....

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
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Jerome has an interesting interpretation of where 'here' is. He also recalls as a boy how he and his brothers would rent a bike for the day. He l...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
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HeartWarrior tells how in the city they held bomb drills and when up in the Boundary Waters area, they would have 'bear drills'. It seemed to her ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:07
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Rosemary shares her amazement when they installed electric lights in her home. She would flick the light switch so many times, watching the lights...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 10:42
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Cisco recalls: the Cuban missile crisis and how she was afraid of Castro, the arrival of the Beattles, houses in the village getting indoor plumbin...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:35
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Elaine recalls the impact of the asassination of John F Kennedy on her life, the first television brought into her community. How they lived with ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 07:54
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Hank shares recollections of his youth, growing up off the reservation and how events influenced his beliefs which he still carries today.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:01
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Myra when she was a young girl, used to carry water for the elders. This one elder would leave her a dime for carrying his water but Myra wouldn't...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 09:04
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Virgil recalls as a pre-teen "a jet must have hit the speed of sound overhead. We heard a sonic boom and thought that was the end of the world. We...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:17