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Girls in the Government School kitchen
23. Girls in the Government School kitchen, 1896
(Wind River Historical Center/Dubois Museum)
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was no way they could stop me [going to school]. Grandma was trying
to. She didn’t want me to go.
The cop said, “There is a lot of kids, she probably knows most
of them.”
I heard that and I was willing to go. I didn’t mind it, I didn’t
mind nothing. Well, I was glad to be there. We changed details every
thirty days. They put me in the kitchen, I helped in the kitchen
for thirty days. Worked half a day and then half a day to school.
We done about everything: worked in the laundry for thirty days.
worked in the sewing room for thirty days, worked in the bakery
for thirty days, worked in the dining room for thirty days, worked
in the dormitory for thirty days, in our wash house—I don’t
know how many sinks we had. There were about three or four hundred
kids, we had to keep that clean. (Marie Washakie)
My folks used to take us over there in a wagon, they’d take
us over there, we wouldn’t have any supper, all that would
be put out was hard bread and milk. So, you just went over there
and helped yourself to bread and butter and milk, that’s what
we had for Sunday supper. A lot of kids didn’t get to eat at
home, or didn’t have any food at home, so they just kind of
relied on that. (Carolyn Goggles referring to St. Michael’s)
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