Elder Interview-June Begay

Audio Recording

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Oneida Nation Museum

A.2008.001.018 PP

A.2008.001.018 PP

Name/Title

Elder Interview-June Begay

Entry/Object ID

A.2008.001.018

Tags

Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs Photo

Description

Begay, June Marie (Cornelius) – Milwaukee Born 06/25/1929 Parents: Raymond Cornelius and Lydia (Summers) Cornelius Maternal Grandparents: Taylor Summers and Elizabeth Wheelock Paternal Grandparents: Ira Cornelius and Nancy Doxtator Grandmother Wheelock raised all her children by herself, husband left her. Grandmother had a Stroke and she couldn’t speak English and more, she only spoke Oneida, and the children couldn’t speak the Oneida language once they started school. Grandmother always had a cellar full of canned foods. Father and mother went to school, but don’t know where. I went to the Methodist Church on Sundays. I went to school in Haskell, came back home and then went to High School at Green Bay East, until I graduated.

Recording Type

Audio/Visual

Collection

Elder Interviews

Cataloged By

Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)

Category

Digital Media

Track Details

Date Recorded

Apr 26, 2004

Track Length

0:57:08

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Elder Interview Number

Other Number

BC04-4,MDV 20, Y07-10

Create Date

June 24, 2025

Update Date

June 25, 2025