The item is a copy of a thesis by Gordon Winant Hewes titled "Aboriginal use of fishery resources in Northwestern North America." ii, 272 leaves: figs., maps. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of California, 1947. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 245-267.

Children's program. Sports fisherman Hal Denton takes a boy fishing and demonstrates the handling of fly fishing equipment, and how to land and clean fish. "The Mischievous One", an Indian story about Indian fishing and a raven, adapted by Joan Pearce and illustrated by Ruth Nickell. Lecture and demonstration with a sea shell collection.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1965-10-27 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Charlie Walkem discusses Spences Bridge in 1894 during flood conditions; Cook's Ferry Indian Band; 1899 and 1905 landslides; ethnographic information on Thompson Indians at Spences Bridge; raising horses; cattle; fishing techniques, i.e. torchlight by canoe and fish weirs; two early chiefs of the area, Johnny Tetlneetsa and Whustemeetsa; and the large numbers of humpback salmon before the railway came through. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T1014:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief William Scow describes the Indian villages of Kingcome and Gilford. Then he describes a Hamatsa ceremony, including the story of the Hamatsa origin and the story of a legendary cannibal. TRACK 2: Chief Scow continues with his "cannibal" story and then discusses the Red Cedar Bark Society, the story of salmon, and the effects of change induced by whites on Indian people.;

CALL NUMBER: T1014:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1967 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.]

The item is a recorded interview with Mr. Cornelius "Corny" Kelleher. Tape 1: Kelleher recalls his father, Mortimer Kelleher, Mortimer's early days in British Columbia, and his settlement in Mission City in 1868. He speaks about the mills in Mission City; the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Mission [OMI] settlement of the mission in 1862; First Nations people at the mission; construction and location of the mission buildings; the Sisters of St. Ann convent; his father's work for the mission; the Kelleher family farm; Passmore family; other settlers in the Mission area; childhood at Mission school, surveying for the CPR in 1882; clearing and construction for the CPR; first passenger trains in 1886; steamboats.

Tape 2: Mr. Kelleher discusses steamboat service; construction and maintenance of the dikes at Matsqui Prairie; Matsqui Land Company; the Maclure family; early settlers in Matsqui; the Purver family, discusses farming incidents; naming Abbotsford; CPR link to the U.S.; Huntington; Mission City; roads, railways; [period of silence on tape]; remittance men; Bellevue Hotel, Matsqui Hotel; railway bridge; shipping fish; sturgeon fishing; First Nations methods of fishing.

Tape 3: Mr. Kelleher continues with his recollections of fishing on the Fraser River; salmon fishing; Indigenous place names; other place names; Joe DeRoche; childhood adventures; First Nations stories about ;Hatzic Island; First Nations hunting methods and doctors; Sam McDonald and Frank Wade, Maclure, "Supple Jack" from the Matsqui reserve; Mount Baker; Jim Trethewey and family; ;saw and grist mills; description of the O.M.I. Mission; early settlers; subdivision of lots in Mission City; Riverside; C.B. Sword.;

Tape 4: Mr. Kelleher talks about Mr. Barnes, Mr. Sword, the Matsqui dike and other incidents.

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1968 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chief Moon discusses Campbell River and the Quathiaski Cove Indian village [Cape Mudge]; preservation of the Indian culture; young people and their culture; fishing; and lack of opportunities for youth. Mr. Cornish, a non-Indian resident, recalls observing a dance in the village; he discusses the youth of the village and their culture; schooling; the Kwakiutl tribe; missionaries; and the role of the church in the village life. TRACK 2: Mr. Cornish continues with his discussion about the transition from traditional ways; the outlawing of the Potlatch; he describes Cape Mudge; prejudice; Indian culture; Indian youth; the loss of culture through the school system; and reserves.

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.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ed Sparrow RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-01-28 SUMMARY: Ed Sparrow was born on the Musqueam Reserve and started as a boat puller in 1911-1912 on a Columbia River sailboat. Fished and got his first sailboat in 1916. Very few gas boats then, very hard work without a gas engine. There were lots of fish those days, 5 days of fishing a week, up until the early 1940s. Palmer and Easthope engines were used first. Sailboat had only a little tent and everything was always wet. Gear improved over the years. Nets were pulled by hand until the early 1940s when drums came. Canoe Pass has changed, good fishing in old days, too shallow now, since the big flood of the 1940s. North Arm fishing died off in the early 1950s due to pollution by log booms, dead heads, and sewer outlets. Sockeyes came up only during the freshest time, now (1976) the numbers of spawners have gone down considerably. You now have to go further out to fish and the nets are nearly transparent. You fish harder because now there are only 1 to 2 days a week to make money. Its hard to get into fishing these days, it costs a lot of money. Many of the Indian fishermen went longshoring and logging and left the fishing industry. His people used to have different fish camps on the Fraser River, and they used to move with the season, many of them worked in the canneries up at Deas Island. In the early days it was mostly Indian and Japanese fishermen, very few whites. His wife worked at Imperial Cannery until 1969. He worked at the Vancouver Cannery in 1919 then went to logging camp. Indians and whites weren't organized in a union until 1915, Japanese were already well-organized. 1942 U.F.A.W.U. started to form. He was vice president of the Native Brotherhood for some time. Benefits of unions to fishermen. Eulachon was also fished by the Musqueam. Herring fishery of the 1920s. Describes his village. He is (1976) President of Musqueam Enterprises. His view on the future of the fishery. Discusses the Musqueam land claim. Recalls different canneries.