Life Story - Levi Y.

Life Story Number: 
77
Name: 
Levi Y.
Life Story video: 
Location: 
White River, Fort Apache Reservation, AZ
United States
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recording date: 
Fri, 11/05/1999
transcript: 
Levi: Uh... I'm born in the ___ and uh... I forgot the rest. That's the only thing I know. Interviewer: Where is the dows? Levi: I don't know. At the cabin. Interviewer: And on the river? Levi: Yeah, on the river. Interviewer: What do you do at the cabin? Levi: I don't know... Interviewer: Who's your family? Levi: Big Jake. Interviewer: Who else? Levi: ____ and a river... and uhhh... What's her name again? That big girl? Interviewer:Your sister? Levi: Yeah Interviewer: Emily? Levi: Emily? Interviewer: Where do you go to school? Levi: Preschool... and I forgot the other one... what is it, mommy? I forgot Mom: Monasuri Levi: Monasuri? Interviewer: What kind of things do you like to do? Levi: Work on the bus... Which bus? Levi: Your bus Interviewer: Oh, you like to work on that? Levi: yeah but except I got hurt... I got hurt when I was working on the bus... on my leg... on the bus I got hurt... Interviewer: Did you like Carl reading books to you this morning? Levi: Huh? Interviewer: Did you like carl reading books to you this morning? Levi: Oh yeah, I liked him reading books to me. Interviewer: What did you guys read? Levi: Burenstein Bears... both of the Burenstein Bears books that we have, both of them... we read them... Interviewer: tell us some of the places you've lived. uhhhh cabins... and uhhh... Cabin and here, Washington. Interviewer: And where do you live now? Levi: Washington! Interviewer: Is this- Levi: yeah, this is washington here. Mom: You didn't know you were in Washington?... tell us your favorite thing you've ever done. Levi: Uhhh... I don't know. Interviewer: You don't know? do you have any favorite things? Levi: Um... the bus... all the things on the bus. All the things in the world. Mom: Do you think we should live on a bus? Levi: Yeah... working on their bus.