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CHIEF DAN GEORGE - ACTOR
Dan George was born in 1899 in British Columbia as a member of the Salish Band of Burrard Inlet. His Salish name was Geswanouth Slahoot.
Until the age of 60, George worked as a longshoreman and a logger. He was Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Band from 1951 to 1963. His acting career began in 1959, with a series of roles on stage and on CBC Television. He began his Hollywood film career in the role of an Indian who adopts the character played by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Little Big Man. In 1970, he received an Academy Award nomination for this role and a New York Film Critics Award for Best Actor. He also worked with Clint Eastwood in the 1976 movie The Outlaw Josey Wales. Dan George devoted his energies, including his acting career, to improving non-Aboriginal people's understanding of Aboriginal people. Dan George died in 1981.
The books that George wrote include:
My Heart Soars
My Spirit Soars
You Call Me Chief: Impressions of the Life of Chief Dan George
(Hilda Mortimer with Chief Dan George)
His film credits include the following films:
Americathon Centennial
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Shadow of the Hawk
The Bears and I
Harry and Tonto
Alien Thunder
Dan Candy's Law
Little Big Man
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