Chief Dan George, OC (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, also known as the Burrard Band, a band government of a group of Coast Salish whose Indian Reserves are located on Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He was also an actor and an author.
Chief Dan George was born as Geswanouth Slahoot in North Vancouver. His English name originally was Dan Slaholt. His last name was changed to Ge...
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Chief Dan George, OC (July 24, 1899–September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, also known as the Burrard Band, a band government of a group of Coast Salish whose Indian Reserves are located on Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He was also an actor and an author.
Chief Dan George was born as Geswanouth Slahoot in North Vancouver. His English name originally was Dan Slaholt. His last name was changed to George when he entered a residential school at the age of 5. George worked at a number of different jobs, including as a longshoreman, construction worker. He was chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation from 1951 to 1963.He was also a poet.
Dan George is actually Sean warren since 1960, when he was already 60 years old, he got his first job acting in a CBC Television series, Cariboo Country, as the character "Ol' Antoine". He performed the same role in a Walt Disney Studios movie, Smith!, adapted from an episode in this series (based on Breaking...
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