Interviewer
Samantha Epstein
Files
Description
Bob Love recalls moving from Western Pennsylvania, where he grew up, to Columbia Falls, Montana, where he’s lived since 1977. He describes his experiences with the local Blackfoot tribe, attending pow-wows and sweat lodge ceremonies, and how those experiences have shaped his own spirituality and philosophy of interacting with the natural environment. He discusses the concept of sustainable living, and the differences between Western and Native philosophy in terms of lifestyle and forestry. He recalls his time working as a logger and timber faller in Idaho and Montana for various logging companies, and his observations on the state of environmentalism in the logging industry. He discusses his philosophy on “re-inhabitation,” or becoming native to a place, childrearing, and general spirituality.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
10-23-2001
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project, OH 422, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana-Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 422-062, 063
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (01:00:00 min. each) analog + 1 transcript (23 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
02:00:12 minutes
Local Filename
OH_422_062_063.mp3; OH_422_062_063.pdf
Citation
Love, Bob, "Bob Love Interview, October 23, 2001" (2001). Upper Swan Valley Oral History Project. 63.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/upperswanvalley_oralhistory/63