Elder Interview-Yvonne Brennam
A.2008.001.031 PP
Name/Title
Elder Interview-Yvonne BrennamEntry/Object ID
A.2008.001.031Tags
Missing, Needs Accession Sheet, Needs Location, Needs PhotoDescription
Brennam, Yvonne Marie (Antone) Born 5/24/47 Parents: Bertha (Cooper) Antone and Israel Joseph Antone. Maternal grandparents: Eva Summers and Alphslum Cooper. Paternal grandparent: Eunice Antone. Both of her parents went to school on the reservation. She doesn’t think her grandparents had the opportunity to go to school. Her aunts tell her how they got scolded for speaking the Oneida language. Her gather built their house. Her father passed away. He worked as a forklift operator for Hurlibut. No one spoke Oneida in the household. Her grandpa Cooper use to work in the woods as a logger. Her mom remarried. She remarried Jim Skenandore. She has a whole lot of step-brothers and sisters now. She has one biological brother and his name is Matthew Joseph Antone. Everyone calls him Joey or Joe or Joe Man. She went to school at Lannoye. It was just a one room school. They had no running water just electricity. She remembers her grandmother use to make ornaments for cuts. She started school in Seymour in the 8th grade. She went to high school there. She has been married 4 times. 1. Carl Parker 2. Richard Long Core 3. Got killed in a car accident She has 4 boys, 10 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. She went to ball games with parents. She played in the woods with her brothers. That’s all she had to play with. They had a black cocker spaniel mix. She had him until she was 14 years old. She would sleep in the dog house with her dog. At 15 years old she got a job as a cookers helper in Mill Center. The restaurant was well known for their turtle booyah. She used to like doing ceramics by painting them, her favorite past time is reading and playing bingo. She worked for the tribe for 12 years. She worked in the kitchen as a supervisor since 1990-2002. She worked in Customer Service until health started failing. She then worked in Retail for 3 years. She now no longer works she is now on disability. She got her first S.S check in 2007. She uses the Oneida Health Center for everything. She moved to Chicago in 1974. She then lived in Kalamazoo Michigan for 4 years. She got married and moved back to Chicago, then moved back to Oneida in 1978. Her advice to the youth today is stay in school to get your education. Her hopes for the generation that’s out her now is that they get as much education as possible.Recording Type
Audio/VisualCollection
Elder InterviewsCataloged By
Gerzetich, Courtney (Cottrell)Category
Digital Media