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Chief Dan George
Geswanouth Slahoot
(Known as "Dan George")
Tsleil-Waututh Chief, Academy Award-Nominated Actor, Author, Poet
Born
Jul 24, 1899
Burrard Inlet (North Vancouver), Canada
Burrard Inlet (North Vancouver), Canada
Passed Away
Sep 23, 1981
Vancouver, Canada
Lifespan
82 years old
"Let no one forget it: we are a people with special rights guaranteed to us by promises and treaties."
Archival Overview
Beloved Tsleil-Waututh leader, author, and Academy Award-nominated actor whose iconic 'Lament for Confederation' speech in 1967 reshaped modern Canadian Indigenous consciousness.
Biographical Record
Born Geswanouth Slahoot on the Burrard Indian Reserve in North Vancouver, Chief Dan George served as head of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation from 1951 to 1963 after decades of work as a longshoreman and logger.
Entering acting in his sixties, he earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Little Big Man (1970). At Vancouver's Empire Stadium on Dominion Day in 1967, he delivered his stirring speech, Lament for Confederation, electrifying 35,000 spectators with an unflinching call for Indigenous dignity, education, and pride.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Burrard Reserve Cemetery
North Vancouver, Canada
North Vancouver, Canada
GPS: 49.3000, -123.0000
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