Michael Childs

Michael Childs was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1945 to Lucille and Lorenzo Childs. He lives in Welch, Minnesota and is enrolled in the Prairie Island Community.

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Title It was used against us; the generosity was used against us Michael Childs \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: - Topics: - Keywords: Generosity
Title My mother knew we had to survive in the greater society Michael Childs \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: Growing Up Topics: Growing Up, Education, Boarding Schools, Dakota Culture and Values Keywords: Education, Engineering, Language, Survival, Hunting, Assimilation, Lena Campbell
Title They’re just constantly told “you’re worthless.” Michael Childs \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: Life Today Topics: Dakota Life Today, Activism, American Indian Movement, Racism Keywords: AIM, Opression
Title Some people understood it was a humanitarian gesture, and others felt that we were betraying the tribe Michael Childs \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: 1862 Topics: Family in 1862, Factions Keywords: John Other Day (Anpetu-Tokeka), Humanitarian
Title He used the United States treatment of the Native Americans as the model Michael Childs \|Oral History	Other Details Theme: Shared History Topics: Genocide Keywords: Genocide, Adolph Hitler, Germ Warfare

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Michael Childs

Associations: Dakota (Oceti Šakowiŋ), Prairie Island Community,