Chief Dan George

Birth Name:

Geswanouth Slahoot

Birth Place:

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Won the Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews for his work as a spokesman for native rights in 1971
Won three Best Supporting Actor awards for "Little Big Man:" a New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1970 and a National Society of Film Critics Award and a Golden Laurel Award in 1971
Was a longshoreman for 27 years before an injury forced him to find other work, first in construction and as a school bus driver until he got into acting
Was chief of the Burrard tribe from 1951 to 1963, when he decided to become an actor and starred in the CBC TV series "Caribou Country․"
Quote: "(On deciding to become an actor at the age of 62): "[I wanted] to do something that would give a name to the Indian people․""
Best known for his role as Lone Watie in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and as Old Lodge Skins in "Little Big Man․"
Recorded the album "Chief Dan George & Fireweed - In Circle" in 1974 which featured the songs "My Blue Heaven" and "Indian Prayer․"

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