He went on to work in sports and recreation at various locations in Saskatchewan, including initiating the Indian Summer Games in that province.
[6] Arthur Obey was one of four Tom Longboat Award winners at the Lebret school; the others are George Poitras (1957), Herbert Strongeagle (1953) and Gerald Starr (1954).
[1] In contrast, Sister Marcoux reports that Edward Doll started building the juvenile hockey team in 1946.
"He is well known for his baseball exploits in Southern Saskatchewan and was a top-notch pitcher for such clubs as Notre Dame of Wilcox, Fort Qu'Appelle and periodically the Lebret Indians.
"[8][9] A photo of the 1949 Lebret baseball team including Art Obey, part of an article originally published in the Prairie Messenger, was reprinted in The Indian Missionary Record in 1953.
In 1949, Art Obey and Thomas Desnomie co-wrote an article on vocational training at the Lebret Indian School.
in 1950 he was elevated to the rank of Cadet Major, and was co-instructor for the students; the group achieved a mark of 85% and won the Eastern Division Shield.
[6] Obey married Yvonne Adams from Muscow [likely means Muscowpetung First Nation] near Fort Qu'Appelle in 1951 (or July 7, 1952[9]).
Zeman et al. state that Junior "B" hockey didn't return until 1962, the year Obey left Lebret.
[20] A month later, the same newspaper noted that he was a member of the Governing Committee of the first Western Canada Native Winter Games to be held April 7–9, 1972.
"[1][23] The Saskatchewan Indian Bantam Hockey Team then went on to play eight exhibition games in Holland and Finland, six of which they won.
In December 1980 he is recorded as being a "resource person" for the Saskatchewan Indian Recreation Directors training program as Art Obey of the F.S.I.