Elder Interview-Norbert Kenny Skenandore
A.2008.001.418 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Norbert "Kenny" SkenandoreEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.418Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Skenandore, Norbert "Kenny" Kenneth Born 02/16/1941 in Keshena, Wis. Parents: Norbert and Charlotte (Waupoose) Skenandore Maternal grandparents: Andrew and Geraldine (LeRoy) Waupoose Paternal grandparents: Willard and Melissa (Green) Skenandore His grandpa Skenandore was a farmer he had about 30 acres. He and grandma Skenandore spoke the Oneida Language. His dad could speak a bit of the Oneida Language but he could understand it more than he could speak it. His dad was a machinist he worked at in Detroit at one of those auto maker plants. He went in the services. And when he got out of the services he went to Milwaukee and got a job at Harnischfeger as a machinist. He bought a house in Milwaukee. Later on he began to work as an Iron Worker he worked there until he retired from there. His dad went to Haskell Indian Boarding School. He’s not sure if his mother graduated from Haskell she was a home maker. His dad got remarried to Amy Ninham. She was too married to Ben Ninham they had 11children. When his dad was in the services his mother got sick and he had to go to St. Joseph Boarding School in Keshena. When his dad got out of the services he went and got him out of school. And they moved to Milwaukee he started to go to Tippy Canoe School on the south side of Milwaukee. His mother got well and she moved to Milwaukee and he and his sister moved over to his mother house. Then he went to Highland School on 18th and Highland in Milwaukee. They moved Green Bay he went to Fort Howard School. After that he went to Franklin Jr. High he went as far as the 8th grade then he went to the Green Bay Vocational School for 2 years. Then he got in some trouble and he had to go to the Green Bay Reformatory until he was 18 years old. When he got out of there he went to Chicago to work with his dad as an Iron Worker in 1960 until retired in 2002. He got married to Diane Cornelius in 1973 they have 3 children. His advice to the youth is to stay in school and get a good education.Recording Type
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Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
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