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Interview with Arthur Alden

  • Item identifier: 2018-17.005
  • Date: 18 Jul 2018
  • Contributors: Arthur Alden (consultant); Edwin Ko (researcher)
  • Languages: Crow (cro); English (eng)
  • Place: Big Horn Library, Hardin, MT
  • Description: This file bundle contains a collection of sound recordings associated with an interview with Arthur Alden. The first ten files, from Arthur_071818_000.wav to Arthur_071818_011.wav, are all in English and include such topics as: 1) Arthur's life (Arthur_071818_000.wav), 2) Sun Dance and medicine (Arthur_071818_001.wav), 3) the role of the grandmother and Elders (Arthur_071818_002.wav), 4) the Sun Dance (Arthur_071818_003.wav), 5) the Crow language (Arthur_071818_004.wav), 6) resisting assimilation into the dominant culture (Arthur_071818_005.wav), 7) the prejudice of Hardin and in the surrounding area (Arthur_071818_006.wav), 8) trying different religions (Arthur_071818_007.wav), 9) a story about piercing himself and fasting (Arthur_071818_008.wav), 10) Sun Dance and World War II (Arthur_071818_009.wav), and 11) on religion growing up. (Arthur_071818_010.wav). The last recording, Arthur_071818_011.wav, contains an extended summary of the English portions from 1) to 10) spoken in Crow.
  • Availability: Online access
  • Collection: Crow (Apsáalooke) Field Materials
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: Interview with Arthur Alden, 2018-17.005, in "Crow (Apsáalooke) Field Materials", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25550.

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