Abstract provided by the Gabriel Dumont Institute: "Interview with Bob Desjarlais on May 15, 2002. Bob discusses socializing, Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, his grandmother’s garden, experiences at school, health and illness, Métis wedding traditions, his mother’s skill as a seamstress, religion, crafts, such as hooked rugs, relocation from Lestock to Green Lake, his family life and genealogy, hunting and animal conservation, fiddle music, life on the road allowance, and employment." ------------ Keywords: Employment, Gambling/Gaming, Residential Schools, Treaties, Community Breaking/Fracture, Religion, Warfare, Housing, Land use (Subsistence Patterns), Reserve System, Healthcare, Resource Degradation
Desjarlais, Bob (Joseph Wilbert). Interview by Cheryl Troupe and Calvin Racette. Transcript (1). May 15, 2002. Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture. Gabriel Dumont Institute. http://www.metismuseum.ca/resource.php/05847