CALL NUMBER: T1340:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-03-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ed Sparrow recounts the history of the Musqueam people including the Musqueam reserve; sites of occupation for the Musqueam people and the meaning of the Musqueam name. He continues about t;he Squamish and Capilano peoples; Indian bands in the area; intermarriage between the tribes; Kitsilano band; the arrival of Captain Vancouver; Tsimilaho; Simon Fraser; Hudson's Bay Company and missionaries. TRACK 2: Ed Sparrow recalls the first mass held in the area; early missionaries and the first church in 1902. He describes Indian religion and culture; ceremonies; dances in 1900 and potlatches. He continues with post-contact subjects: Indian life in the 1890s and 1900s; fishing; canneries in the area; farming; cattle; encroachment by the white man and the city.;

CALL NUMBER: T1340:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969-03-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ed Sparrow comments on Indian-White relations; traditional hunting areas; Indian-Chinese relations; a dispute with Vancouver over taxation and services; the Shaughnessy Golf Course; education; for Indians and the Methodist Indian school at Sardis. He talks about public schools today; the Block Brothers real estate development; future development for the Musqueam reserve; real estate; relations with the city and taxation problems. [TRACK 2: blank.]