Carrie Schommer

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Carrie Schommer was born in Granite Falls, Minnesota in 1930. She lives in Granite Falls and is enrolled as a member of the Upper Sioux Community.

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Mazamani (Iron Walker) Carrie Schommer \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Family in 1862, Marches Keywords: Fort Ridgely, Fort Snelling, Tiospaye
When you go there you feel all of the things that have happened there Carrie Schommer \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Fort Snelling Keywords: Fort Snelling, Commemoration
What they taught there had nothing to do with our tribes Carrie Schommer \| Oral History	Theme: Education Topics: Boarding Schools Keywords: Boarding School, Flandreau
There were about five of us that started school in Granite Falls with not a word of English Carrie Schommer \| Oral History	Theme: Education Topics: Dakota in White Systems Keywords: Kindergarten, School
What I knew was the truth Carrie Schommer \| Oral History	Theme: Education Topics: Oral History Keywords: Dakota in White Systems
I can still picture that area where my two aunties were dropped off at the road Carrie Schommer \| Oral History	Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up, Identity, Racism Keywords: Storytelling

Oral History- Interview | Narrator Carrie Schommer Interviewer Deborah Locke made in Granite Falls, Upper Sioux Community, MN | Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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