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After spending much of his early life as a longshoreman, a construction worker, and a school-bus driver, Chief Dan George auditioned for the role of Ol' Antoine on Cariboo Country (1960), a CBC series, and won the part. He made his screen debut at age 65.
Jun 28, 2017 · VANCOUVER – Leonard George remembers the first time he heard his father, Chief Dan George, deliver his moving and prophetic speech on Indigenous rights, “A Lament for Confederation.” It was 1967 and the acclaimed actor and former Tsleil-Waututh chief was set to speak at Canada’s centennial celebration in Vancouver.
Chief Dan George was many things. He was an actor. He was a dancer. He was an athlete. He was a poet. But more than anything, he was a spokesperson and a champion for his people throughout his life. Dan George was born Geswanouth Slahoot on the Burrard Indigenous Reserve on July 24, 1899.
Jun 12, 2017 · Actor Chief Dan George in 1973. Vancouver Sun. Ironically, George was no longer chief of the Burrard Indian band when he made the speech — he had been voted out of office four years earlier....
Jun 28, 2017 · Leonard George remembers the first time he heard his father, Chief Dan George, deliver his moving and prophetic speech on Indigenous rights, "A Lament for Confederation." It was 1967 and the acclaimed actor and former Tsleil-Waututh chief was set to speak at Canada's centennial celebration in Vancouver.
Chief Dan George (1899-1981), a member of the Coast Salish nation, gained fame as an actor relatively late in life. He is best remembered for his role as the Cheyenne elder, Old Lodge Skins, in the 1970 film Little Big Man alongside a young Dustin Hoffman.
Aug 26, 2019 · Chief Dan George was a leader of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation as well as a beloved actor, musician, poet and author. He was born in North Vancouver in 1899 and died in 1981.
