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If the very old will remember, the very young will listen.

Chief Dan George

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Chief Dan George
Age: 82 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 24
Died: 1981
Died: September 23
Author
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Poet
Television Actor
Tribal Chief
Vancouver
British Columbia
Kids
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