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IRIS Digital Collections · Carol Ervest Interview with Abby Buennagel
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Chris Christianson, Okanogan County, 2009
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Vic Stokes - December 22, 2005
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Patricia Stoudt - June 25, 2006
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Betty Newell - May 8, 2012
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Corky Ott - March 15, 2008
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Jorge Robles - August 6, 2010
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Dude & Mary Davis - September 9, 2010
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Elbert Hubbard - December 20, 2011
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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Keith Carpenter, Chelan County, 2008
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IRIS Digital Collections · Mathew Dick and Wenatchi Fishing Reservation Story
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I have built the foundation of my life on stories. The stories of my mother’s parents, Ray and Jessie O’neal, and their siblings especially informed how I see the world.

The documentary DEEP ROOTS (view below) captures much of these stories. It explores life in the Chelan valley in the 1920s and ’30s. It explores a dirtier, harder, and more uncertain life than many of us experience today.

Learning these stories broadened the horizon of my life. I saw my origins spanning two, three, four generations back. And I could see the influence of my life extending to future lives.

But the biggest gifts of my family's stories were grace and forgiveness. Frustrating elements of my own childhood had origin stories beyond mom and dad, beyond grandpa and grandma. I found no source, just well-intentioned, very human people, doing the best they could.

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IRIS Digital Collections · Interview with Musie Stanaway, Kay Bowie and Doug Bowie, Chelan County, 2009
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IRIS Digital Collections · Douglas Church
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