Chief Dan George (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Burrard Band, a Salish First Nations people located in Burrard Inlet, British Columbia. Chief George was also a notable actor. Jump to: navigation, search July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 (MCMLXXXI)is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Coast Salish are a Salishan-speaking First Nations/Native American culture that inhabited an area centered in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and western Washington in the United States for several millennia up to the time of arrival of the Europeans in the 19th century. ... Jump to: navigation, search Carved mask in Vancouver First NationsRawr Im a lion! is a term of ethnicity used in Canada that is meant to replace the use of the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their... Indian Arm extends north (to the upper right of the photo) from Burrard Inlet, in this view from the southeast at Burnaby Mountain. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) • Land 925,186 km² • Water 19,549 km² (2. ... Jump to: navigation, search Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

He was born Geswanouth Slahoot on a First Nations reserve in North Vancouver in 1899. His English name was Dan Slaholt. His last name was changed to George when he entered a residential school at the age of 5. He worked at a number of different jobs including longshoreman, construction worker and school bus driver. He was chief of the Tsleilwaututh (Burrard) Band from 1951 to 1963. In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band. ... Generally North Vancouver is the suburb of Vancouver on the North Side of the Burrard Inlet except the area that is in West Vancouver. ... The term residential school generally refers to any school at which students live in addition to attending classes. ... A stevedore is a person who works at loading or unloading a ship. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

When he was over 60, he got his first job acting in a CBC television series, Cariboo Country, in 1960. He performed the same role in a Walt Disney Studios movie, Smith!, adapted from an episode in this series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie Little Big Man at the age of 71. He continued to act in other movies, such as The Outlaw Josey Wales and Harry and Tonto, and on television, including the miniseries Centennial, based on the book by James A. Michener. Jump to: navigation, search The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) NYSE: DIS is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Little Big Man is a 1970 black comedy about a boy raised by the Cheyenne Nation assuming various roles in the Old West, including a guide who arranged the fanatical General George Armstrong Custers defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Film box cover Screenshot from film The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 western movie set at the end of the American Civil War in which a peaceful farmsteader, driven to revenge by the savage and brutal slaying of his family by Union irregulars, joins up... Harry and Tonto is a 1974 film which tells the story of an elderly man who goes out on the road with his pet cat. ... Centennial was a 12-episode American television miniseries that aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search James Albert Michener (February 3, 1907? - October 16, 1997) was the American author of such books as Tales of the South Pacific (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948), Hawaii, The Drifters, Centennial, The Source, The Fires of Spring, Chesapeake, Caribbean, Caravans...

He performed the role of Rita Joe's father in George Ryga's stage play, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, in performances held in Vancouver, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Washington. George Ryga (July 27, 1932-November 18, 1987) was a Canadian playwright and novelist. ... Jump to: navigation, search The National Arts Centre building in front of the Parliament with Confederation Park in the foreground The National Arts Centre of Canada (NAC) (in French: Le Centre national des arts (CNA)) is a federal government centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that is a venue for music... Jump to: navigation, search {{Hide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Unhide = {{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ...

During his acting career, Chief Dan George also worked to promote better understanding by non-natives of First Nations people. His soliloquy, Lament for Confederation, a riveting indictment of the appropriation of native territory by white colonialism, was performed at the city of Vancouver's celebration of the Canadian centennial in 1967; this speech is credited with escalating native political activism in Canada as well as touching off widespread pro-native sentiment among non-natives. In 1971, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Membership in the Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, They desire a better country. ...

He died in Vancouver in 1981. Jump to: navigation, search Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell City Manager Judy Rogers Governing...

His books include

• My Heart Soars (ISBN 0-88839-231-1)
• My Spirit Soars (ISBN 0-88839-233-8)
• You Call Me Chief: Impressions of the Life of Chief Dan George (with Hilda Mortimer) (ISBN 0-38504-806-8)

Notable Family

• Lee Maracle (Grand-daughter) - poet/author/activist/professor
• Columpa Bobb (Great-grand-daughter) - actor/poet

Lee Maracle (born 1950) is a Canadian Aboriginal poet and author from the Squamish Nation. ... Columpa Bobb (born 1974) is a Canadian actor, playwright, poet and teacher of Coastal Salish decent. ...

Dedications

• Chief Dan George Elementary School in Abbotsford, BC. Known as "The Wolves".

External link

• Lament for ConfederationChief Dan George Chief Dan George is the most person everyone loved.