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Picnic at the Government School
27. Picnic at the Government School, Date Unknown
(Wind River Archives at CWC)
 I
liked it there [at the Government School] ‘cause there were
a lot of kids to play with, ‘cause there was quite a few of
us there...otherwise there was just us three. (Jossie Calhoun)
And after you got used to it, then you didn’t want to be
home....They gave you different things at school. Different every
week. (Suzette Wagon)
We had to be there and after you got used to it, it was all
right. It was just like home. I would rather have been down there,
because [at home] you didn’t have anything to do. You didn’t
have to buy clothing. Like in the winter time when you need overshoes,
they would furnish brand new ones. Overshoes, stockings, caps, longjohns,
gloves. They furnished everything, that was real nice. [That made
it easier on families because] they didn’t have to spend anything
on us. (Herman Weed)
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