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JESS ROWLODGEL ARAPAHO >
RALPH GOODMAN; CHEYENNE
INTERVIEWED BY\: JULIA A. JORDAN
TRANSCRIBED BY* DARLENE FIELDS
TRANSCRIPTION CHECKED BY:
JULIA A. JORDAN
DATE OP INTERVIEW: * 6T4T-69
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.GENERAL SUBJECT: ANECDOTES PERTAINING TO CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO
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HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OP LIFE
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PARTICULAR TOPICS DISCUSSER:'
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STORY OF A, PAWNEE RAID ON ACOMANCHE HORSE HERD
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TWO CHEYENNE SACRED ARROWS MAY BE IN CUSTODY OF PAWNEES
ARAPAHO SACRED OBJECTS
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• SOME COMMENTS ON CHEYENNE SUN DANCE
\CHEYENNE CHIEFS AND DECISION MAKING
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JESS'S STORY ABOUT HOW HE HELPED OBTAIN GOVERNMENT CONSENT
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FQR^ARAPAHOES TO HOLD SUN DANCE IN 1917
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MORE-6QMMENTS ON CHEYENNE SUN DANCE
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AN OLD CHEYENNEH^TALK TO A YOUNG BOY
BACKGROUND QF INFORMANTS!
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>h Goodman w a s feorn in 1 8 9 4 1 a n d attended \Chilocco B o a r d I n recent y e a r s h e h a s been ,an*active member o f t h e
;an Church and aN^heyenne c h i e f . H i s daughter i s '*
.Reti^Cherries. of K i n g M ^ h e r . Ralph Goodman died in 1 9 7 0 .
as born i n 1884 ^and i s a well-known and r e Jess
e A r a p a h o e s . H e i s fairly well educated
^spected leade^
aveled extensively o n tribal b u s i n e s s ,
and articulate^
C , a number of times. H e has been
halving visited
y y e a r s and h a s helped t h e Ara^active in tribal
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ses against t h e g o v e r n m e n t ;
. pahoes in pressing
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.the traditional culture o f
>, Nevertheless, Je§s i ,,well %ersed
sonfe ^parts o f i t to b e p r e ^his tribe' and anxious for at N
served. -1-fe is ^one of the two
ying m e m b e r s of t h e Star Hawk
Society,,one ,pf the old age-•gir'acU
rior societies* a h & h e h a s
often expressed hope that this prg? iiz ^ n would b e revived in.
modern, times. He. is a peyotist,;,as
a member o f the "Baptist Cnurch, and feels that the peyote ^eremdnv has given him
some of this greatest persoriai fulfillment as wel.1 as inspiration., Jess is no stranger to,the role of teacher-informant in
communicating knowledge about Arapaho culture. He has known and
wprked with such pepple- as A. L, Krpeber, James Mooney, Morris
Smith, Sister.Inez Hilger,. and' FredYEggari.
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/STORY. QF A PAWNEE RAID ON A COMANCHE HORSE HERD
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^Conversation at first is on the Pawnees and how they used, to
steal hor.ses from other tribes'.)
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Jess:l — i t wasn't very long till these ponies done got through