Leslie Smoke

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Leslie Smoke was born on December 29, 1941 on the Dakota Plains First Nation Reserve, Manitoba, Canada to Tiyo Myron and Chaska Smoke. He is a lifelong member of the Dakota Plains Community. He attend a day school at Dakota plains for 7 years. He has lived in several places among them are High Bluff and Lockport, Manitoba. Leslie and his wife Elaine travel to different churches in the area preaching the Gospel.

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There was something more to it Leslie Smoke \| Oral History	Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up, Boarding School, Dakota Culture and Values Keywords: School, Culture, Work
Why not get along together with your neighbor? Leslie Smoke \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Ways of Commemorating, Divisions, Anger, Inter-cultural Relationships Keywords: Divisions, Anger
Sacrifice Leslie Smoke \| Oral History	Theme: Life Today Topics: Spirituality, Christianity, Dakota Culture and Values Keywords: Christianity

Oral History- Interview | Narrator Leslie Smoke Interviewer Deborah Locke in Dakota Tipi First Nation Manitoba, Canada | Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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