Interview with Lloyd Carl Owle

Interview with Lloyd Carl Owle

Alcoholism -- Alternative treatment

Artisans

Arts

Drug addiction -- Alternative treatment

Indigenous American youth -- Health and hygiene

Precious metal clay

Stone carving -- North Carolina, Western

Well-being

Medicine

In this interview conducted at the 2005 Mountain Heritage Day, Lloyd Carl Owle begins by giving an overview of his genealogy and his interest in pipestone carving, and briefly discusses his work with the Indian Health Service. He talks about the value of Mountain Heritage Day in preserving traditional culture and gives some background about his childhood in the mountains. He then talks in depth about his Indian Health Service work, which has focused on working with children and youth of various tribes, and he discusses what he has learned from other tribes over his career. After expressing his affection for the mountains and for traditional culture, he shares his perspective on addiction and his approach to treatment, which involves finding outlets in activity or creativity. Owle then talks about the work he and his wife do in Bryson City with precious metal clay, and discusses traditional Cherokee crafts such as pottery and stone carving, and he talks about how he obtains the stone that he uses for carving. He then discusses his tools and approach to carving, and shares some information about other Indian tribes and their approaches to stone carving. After this, he discusses his philosophy of life and how he manages to remain positive. The interview closes with Owle telling a Cherokee legend about the origin of the flute and talking about storytelling.

Owle, Lloyd Carl, 1943-

WCU Mountain Heritage Center Oral Histories

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

2000s (Decade); 2010s;

2005-09-24

Coyle, Philip E. (Philip Edward), 1961-

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sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

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Sound

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2015-05-22

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Jackson County (N.C.)

Qualla Boundary

Swain County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

Appalachian Region, Southern

36:58 (sound recordings)(duration)

9 pages (transcripts)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina