Lillian Wilson

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Lillian Wilson was born in in Pipestone, Minnesota in 1939 to Tom and Eleanor Columbus. She is enrolled as a member of and lives on the Lower Sioux Reservation.

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They wanted to come home Lillian Wilson \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Ways of Commemorating, Commemorative March, Spirituality Keywords: Birch Coulee
I don’t think it was hard; it was kind of like an adventure. Lillian Wilson \| Oral History	Theme: Education Topics: Boarding Schools, Dakota Culture and Values, Assimilation Keywords:
It was like two different worlds, going to school, then coming back and being with all our little friends. Lillian Wilson \| Oral History	Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up, Education, Dakota in White Systems, Ceremonies, Spirits Keywords: School
They used to have love, honor and respect for each other. Lillian Wilson \| Oral History	Theme: Hopes for the Future Topics: Dakota Culture and Values Keywords:
The United States is suffering because they made so many mistakes Lillian Wilson \| Oral History	Theme: Life Today Topics: U.S. Government Keywords:

Oral History- Interview | Narrator Lillian Wilson Interviewer Deborah Locke made in Morton, Lower Sioux Community, MN | Thursday, February 17, 2011

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