Loading ...West bend on the lake and before that Fox Point. The places before I don’t remember other than the cult kids there lol except was born in Wauwatosa. I’ve been to the reservation up north. Chippewa reservation. They were working on the war path then and wanted their land back. That was in the early 70s. Also wounded knew was going on so some of the guys on the res headed there. I was there to drop off a Indian friend living in Calif too and leaving her abusive Mexican husband who died later and her 10 month old son little Willy going into heat stroke on the way in La Vegas as my car didn’t have air conditioning in those days. That’s when I first learned prejudice because I was attached to the baby who reminded me of my part Indian half brother and was turned away from hotels because of a Indian baby saying no vacancy when their was. I was pizzed the baby’s temp was 104 had to save his life by cooling him down fluids and meds and taking off to higher ground where it was cool. By morning he was okay. That was before the laws changed I think in 86 you can’t be refused in a hospital without insurance.
My mom was from Calif her mom from Chicago. So I went back and forth as my mother did to but to Illinois.
Haven’t been back in a long time but have relatives nieces and nephews still there.
My great great grandpa married a Indian woman on that res it was a minomine spelled wrong res with Chippewa too. She was Chippewa but think it was is second marriage so probably have relatives there too. They’re hard to track when they go off the census on the res.
Maya
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