Michael Childs

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Michael Childs was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1945 to Lucille and Lorenzo Childs. He lives in Welch, Minnesota and is enrolled in the Prairie Island Community.

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Some people understood it was a humanitarian gesture, and others felt that we were betraying the tribe Michael Childs \| Oral History	Theme: 1862 Topics: Family in 1862, Factions Keywords: John Other Day (Anpetu-Tokeka), Humanitarian
My mother knew we had to survive in the greater society Michael Childs \| Oral History	Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up, Education, Boarding Schools, Dakota Culture and Values Keywords: Education, Engineering, Language, Survival, Hunting, Assimilation, Lena Campbell
They’re just constantly told “you’re worthless.” Michael Childs \| Oral History	Theme: Life Today Topics: Dakota Life Today, Activism, American Indian Movement, Racism Keywords: AIM, Opression
He used the United States treatment of the Native Americans as the model Michael Childs \| Oral History	Theme: Shared History Topics: Genocide Keywords: Genocide, Adolph Hitler, Germ Warfare
It was used against us; the generosity was used against us Michael Childs \| Oral History	Theme: Shared History Topics: Treaties, Dakota Land Keywords: Treaties, Generosity

Oral History- Interview | Narrator Michael Childs Interviewer Deborah Locke made at Welch, Prairie Island Indian Community, MN | Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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