Title
Robert Gawboy Interview, 1975
Files
Download Robert Gawboy Interview Transcript (2.8 MB)
Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Theresa LaPrairie
Interviewee
Robert Gawboy
Date Recorded
8-20-1975
Date Digital
7-7-2020
Location Recorded
Minority Students Office, Morris, Minnesota
Keywords
Ojibwa Indians; Medicine men; Ojibwa philosophy; Traditional medicine; Legends
Description
Robert Gawboy is a 75 year old Native American medicine man and philosopher from the Lake Vermillion Indian Reservation, Tower, Minnesota, of the Lake Kabetogama Band of Bois Forte Band of Lake Superior Chippewas.
In this interview, Robert Gawboy tells what it is to be a Native American medicine man, and how one becomes a medicine man. He discusses remedies used and some of the spells cast. He also discusses Native American legend and tradition.
Run Time
01:28:43
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
NAHGawboy01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1010
Recommended Citation
Gawboy, Robert, "Robert Gawboy Interview, 1975" (1975). Native American Heritage Oral Histories. 1.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/nativeamericanheritage/1
Primo Type
Audio
Notes
This interview was done in front of students and faculty members at the University of Minnesota Morris.