Katherine Tobie Weist Interview, February 25, 2020

Tobie Weist describes growing up on a farm in Ohio during the Second World War and what it was like to be surrounded mostly by women. She recalls her schooling at the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, D.C. and Springfield High School in Ohio. Weist details experiencing a sexual assault when she was young and how that trauma has always stayed with her. She discusses how the lack of racial and ethnic diversity during her childhood influenced her decision to become an anthropologist. Weist talks about obtaining her B.A. in social work from Ohio State University, then deciding to go back to school for anthropology. She describes attending Stanford University and how the cultural anthropology field at that time was mainly populated with women scholars. Weist discusses her decision to move to the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Montana for her dissertation research, and how much she and her husband liked Montana. She talks about life in Lame Deer, Montana, and how she made friends with a number of Northern Cheyenne women, particularly Belle Highwalking, with whom she conducted a series of oral history interviews. She recalls the powwows and giveaways she attended, playing bingo with Belle and her friends, and why she refused to publish her dissertation after it was completed.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tobieweist_oralhistory/1000/thumbnail.jp