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When visiting where our family lived, I
could visualize Grandma (Mary) and
Mama, hauling water from more than a
mile away, by horse and buckboard, on
a daily basis. There -- life was tough,
but filled with love, honor, and respect.
could visualize Grandma (Mary) and
Mama, hauling water from more than a
mile away, by horse and buckboard, on
a daily basis. There -- life was tough,
but filled with love, honor, and respect.
The house where Mama lived as a child on the rez
Sara Castro was wife to Simon Castro, who
was mentioned in the Harrington notes as
part of The Ethnology of the Salinan
Indians* publication and were Mama's God
Parents. Whenever Mama couldn't be found,
she'd be over at Sara's house.
was mentioned in the Harrington notes as
part of The Ethnology of the Salinan
Indians* publication and were Mama's God
Parents. Whenever Mama couldn't be found,
she'd be over at Sara's house.
*The Ethnology of the Salinan Indians - by Alden Mason, published by
University of California Publication in American Archaelolgy and Ethnology
- Dec 14, 1912
University of California Publication in American Archaelolgy and Ethnology
- Dec 14, 1912
Simon Castro on the rez with the
unhappy ending of a cougar that got
just too close for comfort.
unhappy ending of a cougar that got
just too close for comfort.
