Angeline Ayoungman- They Dragged Me

They dragged me out of the car, from the car. And well, you see the big long stairs. You know, they were dragging me up the long stairs. One of them was dragging me up the stairs and I said “I want to go home, I don’t want to come here.” I was, I think, I was hanging onto every one of the, you know, the pillars. Whoever it was they just dragged me up the stairs. There, at the top of the stairs, to the door. I held on tight to the door and they pried me loose from the door. ‘Cause, remember back, oh yeah, they had the double doors. They opened and I hung on tightly to the door and then they dragged me in.

– Angeline Ayoungman

Notes:

Group Oral interview with Angeline Ayoungman, Gwendora Bear Chief, Olivia Good River, Ramona Low Horn, Rosemary Red Gun, Donna Jean Raw Eater, Allan Stevens, Walter Stevens, Francis (Butch) Wolf Leg, and Herman Yellow Old Woman. Conducted by Vivian Ayoungman, Joey Big Snake, Peter Dawson, Madisen Hvidberg, and Brendon Many Bears. Translated and transcribed by Angeline Ayoungman, Gwendora Bear Chief, and Madisen Hvidberg. Old Sun Community College, September 30, 2020.