Elder Interview-Isabel Metoxen
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Isabel MetoxenEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.291Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Metoxen, Isabel L. (Skenandore) Born 6/12/1917 Parents: Watson and Lillian (Hill) Skenandore; Step-father Frank Moore Maternal grandparent: Lucas and Mary (Johnson) Hill Paternal grandparents: Thomas and Marilyn Skenandore They lived in Green Bay when she was little. They moved to Milwaukee they lived on Milwaukee Street. When her dad died in a car accident. Her mother stay at home and took care of her family. She went to school in Green Bay for a little while. Then they moved to Milwaukee. She went to a Lutheran school. Then she went to Redsprings Mission School for about 2years. Then she came back home and went to Grace Lutheran school until she graduated 8th grade. The following school year she went to Wisconsin Lutheran High School she went to at school for 6 months because they moved to Little Chute and she went to West DePere High School, for 2 years her drop out of school. Then she went back to Milwaukee to go to work she got a job as a house keeper. She got married to Joseph Metoxen, in 1945 in Milwaukee. Her grandparents and mother went to the Apostles Church. On Christmas Eve they went to the church and she got a big socking full with candy, peanuts and oranges and she got a present too. She doesn’t remember Christmas at home to much. She remembers going hoyoning and getting doughnuts. Her grandparents and parents spoke the Oneida language her mother went to school in Flandreau. She doesn’t know if and where her dad went to school. When someone got sick her mother had some kind of home remedy. Her grandmother made quilts, baskets, corn soup and corn bread. They didn’t have electricity or running water they use kerosene lamps. They had a horse and buggy to go shopping she has 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Her advice to the youth is, don’t be afraid of being an Indian be proud of who you are.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media