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T-620-3 (Third of Six" Interviews) MARY LANE RED EAGLE,'.QUAPAW INTERVIEWED BY: VELMA NEIBERDING INTERVIEW'DATE: DECEMBER 15, I969 TRANSCRIBED BY: MONSTTE COOMBES TRANSCRIPTION CHECKED BY: MONETTE COOMBES GENERAL SUBJECT: QUAPAW WORDS; CLANS-;* SOME FAMILY HISTORY; MEDICINE AND HERBS . « « • 1 BACKGROUND OF INFORMANT: - " Mary Lane.Red Eagle was born around 1891 on Spring'River in* northeastern Oklahoma. She lived with an aunt until -she was sent to Seneca Indian School at "Wyandotte, Oklahoma and then Haskeil Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Her aunt died while she was attending Haskeil, and she then went to the Sisters of Loretta Academy in Kansas City, she studied music and was a student at the Kansas Conservatory of Music .where she met Madame Schumah Heinke and Lily Pons. Mrs. Re.d Eagle has traveled extensively and has sung before many audiences. She came back to Miami, -Oklahoma to make her home and has lived here for .several years. Mary was married tu Wa-Go-She, an Osage and inherited his headright when, he died. Her first.husband was Leroy Red Eagle. Her father was •a medicine man (Big Jim Lane 1 ). ^ Note: The other interviews on this tape are: Ruby Diebold, Seneca-Cayuga William Shawnee, Shawnee Language Class, Seneca Ruby Diebold, Speaker Emelece Reynolds., Cherokee Language Class, Seneca • Robert White, Speaker A \
\• * Mary Lane Red Eagle, Quapaw (We are now going to talk to Mrs. Mary Red Eagle, member of the Quapaw tribe. • She's considered a historian of the tribe and is one of the few who speak the . language. Mrs. Red Eagle is going to give us some Quapaw words. Mary, now what is the word for God?) • Wah-kon-tah. The word for God is Wah-kon-tah, and the meaning would be that He is the highest being and knows all. (What is the word for corn?) , The word for corn is wah-tu-zah^/?). . ' • (Do you think of some other words or some sentences you-could say for me?) • Well, the word for bird is wah-zhinga (?). Aad well,*the word for moon is meum-bah. " (Do you have a word for stars?) And the word fdr start is' me-gu-a (?). ' v > • (Do you remember the clans of the Quapaw? The*clans?) ^ %, I don't. They're—course we have the clans the same as other tribes, but I don't really remember. As for myself I--I believe that I have forgotten the* clan that I belong to.' * ' ( (I_believe you are a member of the Beaver clan if I—) .x" . (Irrelevant words). \ Do you want me to say my name first--Mary Lane? My name is Mary Lane, and I was bornton Spring River and—'course that's Quapaw reservation. And the Storing River—I was born where the old village blacksmith shop is—was--* well it's still known as that name. And I love to go down there as it is beautiful around there—foliage, trees are just beautiful. And of course it •* makes me quite lonesome to* see my old home place. vSome of /our folks are buried there, I believe Mary?) Yes. Nearly all of my people are ouried there. And there were onl^ two children of # us, ray brother and I. And.of course he'd ouried there with my father and my mother and my relatives. But there are quite a few graves • ' -1- ' . *
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Mary Lane Red Eagle, Quapaw<br />
(We are now going to talk to Mrs. Mary Red Eagle, member <strong>of</strong> the Quapaw tribe.<br />
• She's considered a historian <strong>of</strong> the tribe <strong>and</strong> is one <strong>of</strong> the few who speak the<br />
. language. Mrs. Red Eagle is going to give us some Quapaw words. Mary, now<br />
what is the word for God?)<br />
• Wah-kon-tah.<br />
The word for God is Wah-kon-tah, <strong>and</strong> the meaning would be that<br />
He is the highest being <strong>and</strong> knows all.<br />
(What is the word for corn?) ,<br />
The word for corn is wah-tu-zah^/?). . ' •<br />
(Do you think <strong>of</strong> some other words or some sentences you-could say for me?)<br />
• Well, the word for bird is wah-zhinga (?). Aad well,*the word for moon is<br />
meum-bah. "<br />
(Do you have a word for stars?)<br />
And the word fdr start is' me-gu-a (?).<br />
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> • (Do you remember the clans <strong>of</strong> the Quapaw? The*clans?) ^<br />
%, I don't. They're—course we have the clans the same as other tribes, but<br />
I don't really remember. As for myself I--I believe that I have forgotten<br />
the* clan that I belong to.' * ' (<br />
(I_believe you are a member <strong>of</strong> the Beaver clan if I—)<br />
.x" .<br />
(Irrelevant words).<br />
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Do you want me to say my name first--Mary Lane? My name is Mary Lane, <strong>and</strong><br />
I was bornton Spring River <strong>and</strong>—'course that's Quapaw reservation.<br />
And the<br />
Storing River—I was born where the old village blacksmith shop is—was--*<br />
well it's still known as that name.<br />
And I love to go down there as it is<br />
beautiful around there—foliage, trees are just beautiful.<br />
And <strong>of</strong> course it<br />
•* makes me quite lonesome to* see my old home place.<br />
vSome <strong>of</strong> /our folks are buried there, I believe Mary?)<br />
Yes. Nearly all <strong>of</strong> my people are ouried there. And there were onl^ two<br />
children <strong>of</strong> # us, ray brother <strong>and</strong> I.<br />
And.<strong>of</strong> course he'd ouried there with my<br />
father <strong>and</strong> my mother <strong>and</strong> my relatives. But there are quite a few graves<br />
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