EST_CLIR_0068_Language

Disclaimer: This audio was digitized thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) through the Recordings at Risk program, a national regranting program administered to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. Thank you to CLIR for supporting our project  “Digitizing Important Eastern Shoshone Tribal Government Proceedings, Sacred Ceremonies and Rare Language Recordings, 1978-2018.

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Date: 1974

Description: 

This audio recording features a group of elders speaking in Shoshone. The conversation centers on a forgotten dance, the War Bonnet Dance, and the elders express a desire for the youth to learn about it. While Rupert Weeks is known to be one of the speakers, the other elders are unidentified.

Unfortunately, the rest of the conversation is not yet understood. If you or someone you know has knowledge of the Shoshone language and can help interpret the rest of the recording, or if you know the other elders speaking,  please reach out.