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Mae Timbimboo Parry

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There’s a recurring line in the musical Hamilton that George Washington says to Alexander Hamilton: “You have no control over who lives, who dies, who tells your story.” In this episode, we talk about two women were determined to take control and make sure the true story of their people was told:Mae Timbimboo Parry, historian and matriarch of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone. Mae Timbimboo Parry successfully lobbied the National Park Service to change the name of “The Battle of Bear River” to “The Bear River Massacre” in recognition of the near-annihilation of her tribe by U.S. cavalry there.Betty Sawyer, Community Engagement Coordinator in Access and Diversity at Weber State University and an activist on issues of racial justice in Utah for over 40 years. Betty Sawyer was an important part of the effort to get Martin Luther King Day recognized as an official holiday in Utah and is the director of the Utah Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival and Holiday.Both women had to first learn their histories for themselves. Once they did, it took decades of work to get that history recognized both nationally and in Utah, and their efforts have left a lasting impact on the state.

There’s a recurring line in the musical Hamilton that George Washington says to Alexander Hamilton: “You have no control over who lives, who dies, who tells your story.” In this episode, we talk about two women were determined to take control and make sure the true story of their people was told: Mae Timbimboo Parry, historian and matriarch of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone. Mae Timbimboo Parry successfully lobbied the National Park Service to change the name of “The Battle of Bear River” to “The Bear River Massacre” in recognition of the near-annihilation of her tribe by U.S. cavalry there. Betty Sawyer, Community Engagement Coordinator in Access and Diversity at Weber State University and an activist on issues of racial justice in Utah for over 40 years. Betty Sawyer was an important part of the effort to get Martin Luther King Day recognized as an official holiday in Utah and is the director of the Utah Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival and Holiday. Both women had to first learn their histories for themselves. Once they did, it took decades of work to get that history recognized both nationally and in Utah, and their efforts have left a lasting impact on the state.

Who Tells Your Story: Betty Sawyer and Mae Timbimboo Parry

Mae Timbimboo was just eight years old when she entered a US federal boarding school designed to “kill the Indian to save the child.” The government hoped Native children like Mae would “assimilate” into Euro-American culture, but that certainly didn’t work on Mae. Instead, she harnessed her education to give voice to her people’s history. She told the world that they had the 1863 “Battle of Bear River” all wrong: it was a massacre. Our guest Darren Parry, Chairman of the Northwest Shoshone Nation, explores the power of storytelling in the life of his ancestor.Mae Timbimboo Parry’s oral history is here and her obituary can be read here. Better Days 2020 has created a wonderful profile of Mae Timbimboo Parry here. Learn more about the Bear River Massacre here.Guest Darren Parry is the grandson of Mae Timbimboo Parry, and serves as the Councilman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, on the Board of Directors for the American West Heritage Center, The Utah State Museum Board, and the American Indian Services Board. He is the author of The Bear River Massacre; A Shoshone History and teaches Native American History at Utah State University. He is currently running for Congress in Utah.Music featured in this episode included works by Doug Maxwell, Kevin Macleod, Roljui, The Great North Sound Society, and audio from the 2013 Nevada Shoshone-Paiute Powwow, the 2013 Fort Wakashie Eastern Shoshone Powwow, and the 2019 Shoshone Bannock Powwow, used by kind permission.Want to help us “make history”? Become a Patron or Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mae Timbimboo was just eight years old when she entered a US federal boarding school designed to “kill the Indian to save the child.” The government hoped Native children like Mae would “assimilate” into Euro-American culture, but that certainly didn’t work on Mae. Instead, she harnessed her education to give voice to her people’s history. She told the world that they had the 1863 “Battle of Bear River” all wrong: it was a massacre. Our guest <a href="https://darrenforutah.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Darren Parry,</a> Chairman of the Northwest Shoshone Nation, explores the power of storytelling in the life of his ancestor.Mae Timbimboo Parry’s <a href="https://uvu.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/womenswalk/id/11/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oral history is here</a> and her <a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/deseretnews/obituary.aspx?n=mae-timbimboo-parry&amp;pid=86887362" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">obituary can be read here</a>. <a href="https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Better Days 2020</a> has created a wonderful profile of Mae Timbimboo Parry <a href="https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/mae-timbimboo-parry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> Learn more about the <a href="https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2019/02/05/bear-river-massacre-site-recognition-began-with-local-women-in-franklin-county/#.XrhVhcB7nIV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bear River Massacre here</a>.Guest <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DarrenParryForCongress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Darren Parry</a> is the grandson of Mae Timbimboo Parry, and serves as the Councilman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, on the Board of Directors for the American West Heritage Center, The Utah State Museum Board, and the American Indian Services Board. He is the author of <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781948218191" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bear River Massacre; A Shoshone History</a> and teaches Native American History at Utah State University. He is currently <a href="https://darrenforutah.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">running for Congress</a> in Utah.Music featured in this episode included works by Doug Maxwell, Kevin Macleod, Roljui, The Great North Sound Society, and audio from the 2013 Nevada Shoshone-Paiute Powwow, the 2013 Fort Wakashie Eastern Shoshone Powwow, and the 2019 Shoshone Bannock Powwow, used by kind permission.Want to help us “make history”? Become a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatshernamepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patron</a> or <a href="https://whatshernamepodcast.com/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate</a> here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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