Elder Interview-Darlene Neconish
A.2008.001.309 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Darlene NeconishEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.309Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Neconish, Darlene Mary (Summers) Born 01/16/35 Parents: Julius Summers and Matilda (Baird) Summers Her father went to school until the 8th grade and her mother went to school in Flandreau. She use to go to her grandma’s house every Sunday for dinner. Her father didn’t get along with her grandmother so after dinner they would leave right away. They had no running water in her grandma’s house. Ladies form her grandmother’s church would come over and they work on quilts. One day Darlene said grace at the table for lunch with the ladies. It went like “Now I lay me down to sleep with a bag of peanuts by my feet”. She said her grandmother was so embarrassed. She doesn’t really remember her grandparents on her father’s side. She says it was really hard to get her mother to tell her anything. Her mother didn’t like to talk about things back in her day. Darlene believes she’s from the turtle clan. Her parents didn’t teach the children the Indian language. She went to Haskell and got a 2 year scholarship for business management. She then moved back and worked for women’s alcohol independency in Keshena. She also worked for the Menominee tribe. She worked in Oneida for 9 years as a counselor for AODDA. She retired in 1999. She lived in a log house with her parents so she didn’t have any running water or electricity. The first time they had electricity was when they lived on the golf course road. She is afraid of snakes. Her grandmother use to read tea leaves. Darlene remembers her father use to put bread and milk on a burn, it would heal real fast. On all the holidays they had dinner at their grandma’s house. Darlene says she was spoiled when she was younger. She like the way the percapita is helping the elders. She had a fear of Father Christian from the Oneida Mission School. In 8th grade she went to school in Green Bay at Franklin School. In high school she went to Green Bay East High and graduated from there. She use to clean houses for $5.00 a week. She lived on Menominee Reservation. She says they don’t treat elders the way they should.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media