Interviewer: Rick Belcourt [Note: much of conversation in Cree. (….) indicates Cree Conversation The tape opens with drumming and singing by MR. Auger. A good tape for demonstration of solo performance, in a strong, clear voice. Rick Belcourt, (working through interpreter) asks them their names….. Interpreter. My grandfather is Gene Auger. My grandmother is Mary… Read More

Taped interview with Mr. E. Hendricks MR. HENDRICKS: Mr. Barringham is going to tell us something about how he first came to this part of the country. MR. BARRINGHAM: I came in 1919, right after the First War. There were about twenty of us came in from Calgary under the Soldier Settlement Board. The railroad… Read More

  Introduction by Dorthea Calverley On the occasion of the 1976 opening of the new school in Tomslake, on the site of the old Tate Creek Ranch, the principal — Mr. Joe Bazan — invited the oldest surviving residents of the former Gundy Ranch to attend. That was Mr. Ted Bartsch and his wife Florence…. Read More

Transcript from a taped interview The Christmas and New Year seasons are upon us once more. It seems to me that they must have changed the schedule and are holding the celebrations at least every six months! Or could it just be that as we get older the years slip by a little faster? I… Read More

From the script for a tape written and narrated by Ted BartschCross-posted: 8-056: The Famous Thirty-six Horse Team (Agriculture) I am Ted Bartsch and many of you listening today I know personally and very well. I have been asked by several friends to write down the history of the thirty-six-horse team that was driven in the parade… Read More

From a taped interview by Ted Bartsch This is Ted Bartsch again with more of my reminiscing about those days long gone and incidents that seemed and still seem important and interesting to me. I presume that hunting fever is still raging through this country, and that’s the main reason for going back to those… Read More

By Ted Bartsch I guess that my visit to the new school on the old Gundy Ranch brought back a lot of old memories that were lying dormant in my mind. Perhaps they were all pretty unimportant at the time and just a part of that other life that we lived, and very seldom recall… Read More

From an interview with Rick Belcourt, March 1973 PAT BELCOURT: We moved from Lac St. Ann to Grouard in August 1913. My dad had a poolroom across the Bay there at Kapound. In 1946, I moved back over here. We used to live across the lake from (?) there, where my homestead is. I moved… Read More

Interviewed By Dorthea Calverley, 1975Cross-posted: 08-070: Henry Bentley – Distinguished Local Cattleman – Speaks His Mind on the Livestock Business INTERVIEWER: Today I’m interviewing Mr. Henry Bentley of Progress, B.C. Mr. Bentley has been recommended to me as the most outstanding cattleman in the country. I know that he recently received a significant award for his… Read More