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A. I like to play football and girls don't play it. 



[At this point Nepe:he asked E. S. to tell me that P. H.'s situation 

 is similar to his own. His mother too is dead, and his father too went 

 away, so that now K. F. also has to take care of him.] 



Q. Plow does K. F. manage to take care of so many children? 



Interpreter. The general idea is this : These children are close relatives of 

 hers and have nowhere to go. So K. F. feels that they might as well all starve 

 together. Besides, B. F. is working — that is how they manage to live. And the 

 Reservation social worker, Mrs. W., gives them food. The first of this month 

 they gave K. F. $13.00 in cash and also some food. Tcekuvar Manye : also con- 

 tributes some food, since he is much older than Nepe :he and is therefore able 

 to work for his clothing. 



Nepe:he. I washed L.F.'s car this morning and earned a quarter. [He takes 

 the quarter from his pocket and proudly displays it.] 



Q. What are you going to do with the dollar I promised to give you for talking 

 to me? 



A. I am going to get tennis shoes with that. 



Q. Can you get sneakers for a dollar? I said I'd buy you shoes and other 

 things. 



A. Yes, they are much cheaper than other kinds of shoes. [Pause.] I cough 

 and my stomach hurts ; it is like cramps — as if someone were poking it. 



Q. Does anyone tease you? 



A. E. St. does, and also Hamteyaru. (Case 77). 



Q. E. St. is quite tough, isn't he? 



Interpreter. He is. 



Q. Do you know about E. St.'s sexual escapades? 



A. No. 



Q. Did you have breakfast today? 



A. Yes — we had potatoes. [After a pause.] And mush, bacon and bis- 

 cuits. [This did not sound convincing.] 



Q. What do you want to do when you grow up? 



A. I don't know. 



Q. Do you want to go to school and learn something? 



A. I don't know. 



Q. Do you feel lonesome? 



A. Sometimes. 



Q. What makes you feel that way? 



A. I don't know — I just feel that way sometimes. 



Q. Are you going to get married when you grow up? 



A. I don't know. 



Q. Haven't you already picked out the girl you wish to marry? *' 



A. No. 



Q. Do you want to have children ? 



A. I don't know. 



Q. Do you ever dream? 



A. Sometimes. 



Q. Do you remember your dreams? 



A. No. 



Q. Did you dream anything last night? 



A. No. 



s^ Some very young boys, like Hitcu :y Kutask{w)elvS, already had plans of marrying 

 certain girls when they grew up. 



