Elder Interview-Maria Hinton
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Maria HintonEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.199Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Hinton, Maria Anastasia (Christjohn) Born 6/5/1910 Parents: Paul Moses and Lucy (Hill) Christjohn Paternal grandparents: David and ? (Denny) Christjohn Maternal grandparent: David and Melinda (Skenandore) Hill She was raised by her grandparents Christjohn. She didn’t know her grandparents on the Hill side of family too much. She went to the Oneida Boarding School. Her parents died when she was3 years old. Then she went to St. Joseph Catholic School. She mover in with her Aunt Marie Webster in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. She went to school there. She went to the 6, 7, 8, and 9thgrades. Then she went to Haskell Indian School. She graduated from there. She doesn’t know if her grandparents went to school. Her grandparents spoke the Oneida language. She knew how to speak the language too. Her grandfather was in the Civil War. He was a farmer. Her grandmother didn’t work out she worked the fields with her grandfather. Her grandfather had 3 strokes; he was 89 years old when he died. She got married to Tony Stevens, her first husband. She went to Milwaukee by herself to work. She got a job in house cleaning. Then she got a job at Dry Cleaning Company. She worked there for 13 years. Her and her husband got back together. But he couldn’t fine any work he started to drink a lot, so I divorce him. Her grandmother went to the Episcopal Church. But she went to a Catholic Church. At Christmas time they didn’t have much of a Christmas. They didn’t have a tree. They went to church. On New Years Eve they went Hoyoning, they got some doughnuts. Her grandmother knew all the herbs and roots for home remedies. She got a job with the Oneida Tribe teaching Oneida language. Her advice to the Youth is to stay in school, get a good education and learn the Oneida language. She has 1 son, 8 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media