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Native American Heritage Month: HumanitiesWA… duration 1 hour 4 minutes Native American Heritage Month: HumanitiesWA… Native American Heritage Month: HumanitiesWA Speaker Fern Naomi Renville	Native American Heritage Month: HumanitiesWA Speaker Fern Naomi Renville Fern Naomi Renville (she/her) is a Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Omaha, and Seneca-Cayuga storyteller, theatre director, and playwright. She is the great-granddaughter of Melinda Cayuga, a Seneca… native americans +22 More From Maurice Blackson 0 likes 38 plays 0
2016 CWU Commencement speaker WA State Supreme… duration 13 minutes 43 seconds 2016 CWU Commencement speaker WA State Supreme… 2016 CWU Commencement speaker WA State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu	2016 CWU Commencement speaker WA State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu Washington Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu address CWU Commencement at Ellensburg. Mary Yu was appointed to the Washington Supreme Court in 2014, and subsequently elected for the remainder of a… ideals +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 0 plays 0
Ole Jordin Audio Interview, part 7 duration 5 minutes 7 seconds Ole Jordin Audio Interview, part 7 Ole Jordin Audio Interview, part 7	Ole Jordin Audio Interview, part 7 Ole Jordin talks about his family's roots in Ellensburg, Washington. He describes the Benson hanging, skirmishes with Native Americans, threshing, water disputes, law and order, a saloon… talks +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 1 plays 0
Marie Burchak Audio Interview, part 1 duration 3 minutes 48 seconds Marie Burchak Audio Interview, part 1 Marie Burchak Audio Interview, part 1	Marie Burchak Audio Interview, part 1 Marie Budiselich Burchak (b. 1917 in Ronald, Washington) speaks about her family's Yugoslavian roots and cultural traditions. She describes schooling, cooking, languages, home remedies,… ronald +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 24 plays 0
Harry Forbes Audio Interview, part 8 duration 2 minutes 47 seconds Harry Forbes Audio Interview, part 8 Harry Forbes Audio Interview, part 8	Harry Forbes Audio Interview, part 8 Harry Forbes (b. 1885) describes his childhood, including time spent in Easton, Cle Elum, and Ellensburg, Washington, in the 1890s. He talks about homesteading in Ellensburg and irrigation along… harry +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 1 plays 0
Slava Gregorich Audio Interview, part 3 duration 2 minutes 28 seconds Slava Gregorich Audio Interview, part 3 Slava Gregorich Audio Interview, part 3	Slava Gregorich Audio Interview, part 3 Slava Gregorich discusses his family's immigration to Ronald, Washington. He talks about businesses in Ronald, as well as working conditions in the coal mines. He touches on the cost of coal,… mines +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 4 plays 0
Major Panerio Audio Interview, part 1 duration 2 minutes 2 seconds Major Panerio Audio Interview, part 1 Major Panerio Audio Interview, part 1	Major Panerio Audio Interview, part 1 Major Panerio (1906-1983) worked as a coal miner and bookkeeper for the Northwestern Improvement Company in Roslyn, Washington. Throughout his life, he remained active in music, leading dance band… bands +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 9 plays 0
John Rigek Audio Interview, part 1 duration 1 minute 32 seconds John Rigek Audio Interview, part 1 John Rigek Audio Interview, part 1	John Rigek Audio Interview, part 1 John Rigek talks about his family, the Rigeks and Klauses, and his work in the Northwestern Improvement Company coal mines at Cle Elum, Washington. He talks about shooting coal, working conditions in… mines +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 30 plays 0
Camilla Saivetto Audio Interview, 1976, part 5 duration 1 minute 58 seconds Camilla Saivetto Audio Interview, 1976, part 5 Camilla Saivetto Audio Interview, 1976, part 5	Camilla Saivetto Audio Interview, 1976, part 5 In two interviews, Camilla Saivetto talks about immigrating from Italy and ultimately settling in Roslyn, Washington. She talks about schools, Italian lodges, wine making, gardening, and beer brewing… mines +19 More From Jon (LDAP) Belford 0 likes 7 plays 0