Elder Interview-Ted White
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Ted WhiteEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.496Tags
Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
White, Ted Bender Born 08/28/1920 Parents: James E. White and Ida (Skenandore) Maternal grandparents: Charlotte Skenandore and John Skenandore Was 13 years old when Grandmother Charlotte passed away. She was 88 years old, when she passed. Couldn’t talk English, only Oneida. Father was a Professional Baseball player, when ted was born. Then father was into Barber Shop business, in Michigan. Father went to school in Haskell. Mother went to the Mission and then to Haskell. Mother was into making lace; she worked as a Sales Person in Chicago. Met father and they got married in 1916. Father got into Church and became a Minister in South Dakota. Came back to Oneida in 1935. I went to High School at Green Bay West and graduated in 1936.When I was 16 years old I worked on a farm earing $12.00a week. Went to College for 3 years in Madison. Then I went to Calif. To school. From there he went to Nashville to school. Met my wife Ruby and got married. Went to Chicago looking for a job couldn’t find one, so I went back to school Ruby got a job and supported me. While I went to school. Got a Degree. Got a job as a Executive Director, in New Mexico. Went to Sioux country, in Rose Bud South Dakota. Came back to Oneida in 1965. There were a lot of problems in the days of Wounded Knee. Ted worked in a lot of the Indian Affairs, that’s what he went to school and got the degree for. Retired in June of 1975. Trust Land: Held in trust, the the United States for the Tribe. Heir Ship Land: Belongs to the individual until they no longer need or want it, they can give it to whomever they want, to have it.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media, Military