RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Mr. Albert Millar talks about Anthony Walsh and his work as a teacher at the Inkameep Reserve, encouraging the revival of Indian arts and culture among the children there, from 1932 to 19;42. He also discusses what happened after Mr. Walsh left.

Tape summary: T1071:0001 Mr. Anthony Walsh discusses his experiences as a teacher at Inkameep Reserve School near Oliver, 1932 to 1942. He explains how he started teaching; the origin of his interest in Indian culture; his impressions of Inkameep reserve; early work with the Indian children; an Inkameep Christmas card; European interest in the Inkameep artwork; the nature of the children's art; native reactions; to white culture; the children's creative work; the school system; teaching at 6 Mile Creek; approaches to art; conditions on the reserve; why he went to Inkameep and then stayed; a description of Inkameep and the influence of the Old Chief. TRACK 2: Mr. Walsh discusses the North Okanagan reserve; the character and traditions at Inkameep; rock paintings; the school; Indian stories as drama; beginnings of school plays; costumes and masks; performances; evaluation by children of plays; reactions; "Tortoise and Hare" play; the children's reaction to school at various ages; and Chief Baptiste George.

CALL NUMBER: T1071:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Children's drama, dance, and art on Inkameep Reserve, 1932-1942 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Walsh discusses how Indian cowboys sang native songs; a contest to collect Indian songs; the development of dances from movements of animals such as the deer dance and butterfly dance; native art forms; a description of costumes; recitals; impression on white people; a "radio studio" at the school; recording at CBC Vancouver; a recital at the opening of Thunderbird Park in Victoria; ;art exhibitions in BC and abroad. TRACK 2: Mr. Walsh discusses the Inkameep nativity play; the story of the play; white interests; the Okanagan Arts and Crafts Society; leaving Inkameep; the effects; of war and how the school closed; the effects of the Inkameep experiment; the conditions on the reserve at the time of the interview; a growing understanding by white people; present problems and how; cooperation with white people is essential.;

CALL NUMBER: T1071:0003 track 1 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A visit with Emily Carr, and experience as a teacher on an Indian reserve RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anthony Walsh discusses his visit with Emily Carr in 1939 or 1940, and their discussion of art and native culture; reflections on his Inkameep experience as the "richest part of my life"; the teacher/pupil relationship; growth from early failures; relations with adult Indians; a comparison of Okanagan Indian culture to other Indian cultures; how Okanagan culture has changed.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1955 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: J.B. Knowles interview of Walsh, 1955. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): An Okanagan visit RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 [summer] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: This interview by Imbert Orchard was conducted in the summer of 1969 and given the title "An Okanagan Visit". It deals with Mr. Anthony Walsh's teaching career at Inkameep Reserve School whe;re he encouraged arts and culture in First Nations students. He discusses coming back to the Okanagan after leaving in 1942; the vineyards on Inkameep reserve; the decline in students since the 1950s;. He states that Chief Baptiste George's death in the 1950s led to slippage in the natives' quality of life; and discusses the impact of Alcoholics Anonymous. Mr. Walsh describes changes in the Okana;gan and the appeal of different places; his own life; his enjoyment of solitude and his creative endeavors. Mr. Walsh criticizes white people; comments on inspections of his work by the federal gover;nment, and notes how he was able to win the confidence of the children. Mr. Walsh recounts his own background, including upbringing in Ireland and Scotland; how he acquired his teaching position; his; abilities as an art teacher, and his desire to give a sense of the past to the children of the Okanagan. [TRACK 2: blank.];

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Carl McNaughton discusses Anthony Walsh's work at Inkameep reserve school, 1932 to 1942. He discusses impressions of Mr. Walsh; the writing of children's plays; the school; a description of plays and dances; art and craft work; displays; general comments on the Inkameep experiment; what happened after Mr. Walsh left; Mr. Walsh's work and character; the effect of his Inkameep work; M;r. Walsh's talents; the children's plays; a description of Mr. Walsh including his background; and George Baptiste who was the old chief at Inkameep. TRACK 2: Mr. McNaughton recalls some people of t;he South Okanagan from 1922 and on. He discusses the Krugers of Meyers Flat; Mr. McCuddy's days as a customs officer; the Haynes family; the development of orchards in the south Okanagan from 1918; rancher Val Haynes; the Fraser family; crops grown; the growth of Oliver; Osoyoos; original land prices were high and then lowered by Premier Pattullo after a protest; and recent dealings with Indians.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-05-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Dorothy Fraser talks about Anthony Walsh, his work as a teacher encouraging native culture at the school on Inkameep Indian Reserve from 1932 to 1942, and the resulting national interest in Indian affairs. She also offers general comments on conditions at the reserve after Mr. Walsh's departure, and more about Mr. Walsh himself. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964-05-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Francis (Jimmy) Batiste talks about his artwork and his school days with Anthony Walsh at the Inkameep reserve school from 1932 to 1939. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: TRACK 1: These "everyday songs" from the Okanagan Indians are sung by six students, ranging in age from nine to thirteen years of age, at the Inkameep Indian Day School in Oliver, BC, and recorded in 1941. The songs were originally sung by elders in the band. An introduction by their teacher, Anthony Walsh, is followed by a selection including: gambling songs; a mourning dove song; a drum song; a sweat-bath song; a spring song associated with food gathering; a berry picking song; a lament for the dead; All Soul's Day; lonely songs; the cheery song of the cricket, and a happy song. [TRACK 2: blank.]

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-05-25 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2: Mrs. Margaret Stelkia and her daughter Jane Stelkia, of the Inkameep Reserve near Oliver, recall Anthony Walsh and his work as a teacher at the school on the reserve, which encouraged the local revival of Indian arts and crafts, 1932 to 1942.

SUMMARY: A program about the effect of the coming of Christianity to the Indian people of B.C., and how it reacted with their own culture and religion. Also: Anthony Walsh tells how, as a teacher of Indian children on the Inkameep reserve in the 1930s, he attempted to find ways of keeping the native traditions alive through the education of the children. An Okanagan Indian Christmas carol is also heard. Voices heard include: Annie Hayes, Lizette Hall, Mrs. Edward Joyce, Grace Stephens, Sheila DeHart, Mrs. Albert Cooper, Mrs. Tracy Williams, Paul Stanley, Elliot Weisgarber, Anthony Walsh, Solomon Wilson;, George Clutesi, Clarence Joe, Danny Milo, Joe Klameen, Joe Louie, and William Scow.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Rudolph Guidi, former principal at Oliver Elementary School, talks about Anthony Walsh; his work as a teacher at the school at Inkameep Indian School; and his encouragement of the revival; of native arts and culture there, from 1932 to 1942. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5 hour programs broadcast from 8:30 to 10 PM. Usually in two parts, the program featured plays, classical music, documentaries and talks. The series ran from Octob;er 1962 to the spring of 1967. In "Children of Inkameep", Anthony Walsh recalls his experiences as a teacher of Indian children on the Inkameep reserve in the Okanagan Valley during the 1930s, and his attempts to find ways of keeping alive native traditions through the education of the children. Also heard are the voices of Margaret Stelkia, and her daughter Jane Stelkia, of Inkameep; George Clutesi of Alberni; and Isabel and Carleton MacNaughton, Dorothy Fraser, and Albert Millar of the South Okanagan.