Simon Baker: George Clutesi [sound recording]

Title

Simon Baker: George Clutesi [sound recording]

scope and content

Tape label side A: Simon Baker
Tape label side B: George Clutesi (one side only)

Current UBCIC Identifier

A4

AC4-A

AC4-B

Date

[1970s]

Contributor

Simon Baker

George Clutesi

Contents by Timestamp

A4A – Interview with Simon Baker – 1970’s - 52 minutes
0-1 minutes – on lease of Park Royal land
1-3 minutes – on cut-off lands – includes negotiations and government policy
4-5, 29 minutes – feelings about government policy towards First Nations
3-6 minutes – on importance of land to First Nations culture and benefits of compensation of land
6-9 minutes – on maintaining the identity of First Nations
9-11 minutes – on the importance terminology relating to Native peoples
11-13 minutes – regarding rights on the land and government policy in setting up reservations
13, 29 minutes – on the Native communities feelings about land claims
14-15 minutes - Baker’s feelings about land claims and compensation and how the money is to be spent
16-17, 19-20 minutes - on development of more isolated native communities
17-18 minutes – on the role of land claims in uniting Native communities
21 minute – on education of people within the Native community
22-25 minutes – on development of Squamish North Vancouver reserve
25-27 minutes – on working life of Baker and as member of council
28 minute – on righting past wrongs against the Native peoples
30-32 minutes – on resolution of land claims issues
18, 32-34 minutes – on UBCIC
33-35 minutes – on Baker's relations with other Native leaders
35-37 minutes – on the state of knowledge of Aboriginal youth regarding Aboriginal history
37 min – on pre-contact Aboriginal law
38-41 minutes – on policing of and crime in the Squamish North Vancouver reserve
Remainder of tape is unrelated

A4B – Interview with George Cloutisi – 1970’s? – 61 minutes.
1 – 3 minutes on Tseshaht Land Claims and recognition of claims by adjoining tribes
3 - 4 – minutes on politics of UBCIC regarding Philip Paul and Bill Wilson
4, 26-28 minutes – on the importance of reservations and connection to the land
5 – 6, 8 minutes – on need for more land
6 – 11 minutes – on current and historical relations with white people including sale and settlement of land
12 minutes – on importance of and loss of Aboriginal identity
13 – 14 minutes – on the effects of residential schools
14 – 17, 40 minutes - on revival and importance of Aboriginal culture
17, 19 minutes – on European culture and land
17-21 minutes - on the role and status of land in traditional Aboriginal society
20, 34, 40-42 minutes – on the Potlatch
21 minutes – on Aboriginal law
21 – 22 minutes – on sale of reserves
22 – 24, 60-61 minutes – on modernization of traditional Aboriginal culture
24 – 26, 28 – 29, 47-51, 54-56 minutes – on the attitudes of the UBCIC, relations of the UBCIC with the older Aboriginal community leaders and the potential contribution of these leaders with regards to land claims issues
29 – 30 minutes – on role of ‘elders’ within native communities
30 – 31 minutes - on loss of traditional Aboriginal culture and the means of overcoming it
31 – 34 minutes - on the role of education in the revival of Aboriginal culture
34 – 36 minutes - on the importance of and ethical virtues of Aboriginal culture
36 – 38 minutes – as a teacher and philosophy of educating youth
38 – 39 minutes – on attitude of Cloutisi in his youth and relationship with father
42-44 minutes – on day to day life on a reserve and on life during the Great Depression
45-47 minutes – on relationship between grandparents and grandchildren in Aboriginal society
51 – 56 minutes – on Raven Society
57 min – on divisions within the Aboriginal community
57 – 58 minutes– on compensation for lands
58 – 59 minutes– on physical condition of reserve land and how additional lands could be used

Original Format

sound cassette ; 4 in, 120 min

Digital Formats

Wave Sound File (.wav)

Access Rights

Subject

Aboriginal title and rights

Type

wav

Extent

113 minutes