Interview with Marie Martin
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions11952
- Date Range
- June 15 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- textual record
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Marie Martin, a member and community spokesperson for the Lake Babine Nation. Recorded June 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview,…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Cassandra McKenney
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.14
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.88 GB of digital records
- Date Range
- June 15 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interviews with Marie Martin, a member and community spokesperson for the Lake Babine Nation. Recorded June 15 2021 at the Old Church in Smithers by Cassandra McKenney, BVM oral history intern. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, MP3 access file, PDF bibliographic form, photo from day of interview, PDF and .docx copies of question prep, and .csv file of subject indexing.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
Audio Tracks
Interview with Marie Martin - June 15, 2021
Interview with Marie Martin - June 15, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.14_Martin,%20Marie/Martin,%20Marie%202021_06_15.ACCESS.mp3
Marie Martin describes her early life in Prince Rupert and Fort Babine
fishing; parents; school
family; Fort Babine; traditions
Describing her experience as a single mother, her early work with the University and the Lake Babine Nation
cultural monitoring; environmental monitoring; Fort Babine; Granisle; UNBC
career; children; Lake Babine Nation
Describing her role with issue Fort Babine and the Lake Babine nation faced, including a logging road cut through the burial ground, as well as changes to the community over the years.
bridge; community; development; Fort Babine; security; spokesperson
burial ground; changes; drug use; logging
The story of Marie Martin's grandfather, Chief Antoine Williams.
canoe
Antoine Williams; Bear Lake people
Marie Martin shares stories, myths, and legends she was told by her grandmother and other elders, and the importance of sharing the stories of the community with members and visitors.
elders; grandmother; tourists
culture; stories
Marie Martin shares more stories about her grandfather.
Babine Lake; feasts; Potlach; Williams Hall
Chief Antoine Williams; history
Marie speaks about her mother and her battle with tuberculosis, as well her father and her siblings and their own struggles.
hospital; mother; siblings; struggles; surgery; trauma
family; father; mother; tuberculosis
Marie Martin's closing thoughts.
family legacy; Miss Indian Contest; traditions
heritage