smacmill
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Post by smacmill on May 23, 2013 19:17:48 GMT -5
My great great grandfather, a half blood Yankton, was an interpreter at Ft. Randall, and one of his sons is listed as scout/interpreter.
Question #1: How were tribal members who cooperated with the U.S. government regarded by the other members?
Question #2: How were half blood tribal members regarded (I'm speaking of the 1850's)?
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Post by smacmill on Oct 24, 2014 18:26:00 GMT -5
Ha! Five months later, and no responses to my question. I suspect no response IS the answer. It is indeed a weird feeling to know that at least six members of my Sioux ancestral family worked as interpreters and were probably not favorably regarded by others in the tribe. But that is the family history, no getting around it.
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Post by ladonna on Nov 4, 2014 10:11:42 GMT -5
I guess it would be nice to have some names and more information,
your asking historian question that would be better answered by the Yankton people
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Post by smacmill on Nov 6, 2014 14:03:53 GMT -5
David Edward Dezera (aka Edward, Desery, Desara)often linked to General Harney.
Robert Dezera
Julia Dezera
Well, frankly, since I don't live in South Dakota, the tribe brushes off my inquiries.
I can't imagine what it must have been like to split loyalties between cultures. I suspect it is the old saying, "Follow the money".
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