The Best of Chief Dan George: Poems - Softcover

George, Chief Dan

 
9780888395443: The Best of Chief Dan George: Poems
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0888395442 ISBN 13: 9780888395443
Verlag: Hancock House Publishers, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

This book combines the two best sellers My Heart Soars & My Spirit Soars in one volume, 63 poems fully illustrated, eloquently illustrated throughout by Helmut Hirnschall. Included in this edition is the Lament for Confederation by Chief Dan George. Poetic and spiritual, this book has a universal message to all people. Chief Dan George was an accomplished performer, poet, philosopher, champion of Native peoples and loving patriarch of a large family.

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Chief Dan George was an accomplished performer, poet, philosopher, champion of first Nations peoples, loving patriarch of a large family, was born in 1899 on a Salish Band reserve on Burrard Inlet, in North Vancouver, one of twelve children of the chief. His given name was Teswahno, meaning thunder coming up over the land from the water. Like most native children at that time, under the influence of the Catholic Church, and in need of white culture's education, he went to a residential school at the age of five, so as not to be separated from his cherished older brother Harry. The next eleven years were difficult ones, being distanced from family, culture, language and customs. Schooling ended at sixteen, and he went immediately into the forest to harvest trees. At nineteen, in an arranged marriage, he and sixteen year old Squamish girl, Amy, entered into a devoted union of fifty-two years duration. They had eight children, six of whom survived into adulthood. Dan worked as a long-shoreman off and on for the next twenty-seven years, during frequent strikes supplementing his income with hunting and lumbering, until he had a serious accident on the docks in 1947, which damaged a hip and leg. In the forties, with his children and a cousin, who billed themselves as Dan George and His Indian Entertainers, he played for dances three or four nights a week throughout British Columbia. Traveling and sleeping in a covered truck, they would spend the summers picking hops and performing country and western music, with the kids doing special requests for extra money. Dan's instrument was the bass fiddle. He always remembered those years as the happiest times in his life. During the fifties, he was occupied with the duties of chief for his band. In the early 1960s, CBC TV was producing a series called Caribou Country. When an actor fell ill, the search was on to find a replacement for a character called Ol' Antoine. Through a fateful series of connections, Chief Dan tested for, and won, the part. With no formal training, he slipped into an instinctive way of acting that won him much acclaim, though initially he had to overcome a measure of hesitation and doubt. Chief Dan gained further national recognition in 1967 with his now famous speech, The Lament for Confederation, which he read at the Centennial celebration in Vancouver. He died in Vancouver in 1981.

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Best of Chief Dan George is a poignant compilation that brings together the revered works of Chief Dan George, including "My Heart Soars" and "My Spirit Soars," enriched with 95 black and white illustrations. This volume also features his powerful "Lament for Confederation," offering a deep reflection on the challenges and aspirations of Indigenous peoples and the natural world. Chief Dan George, an esteemed leader, poet, and actor, shares his wisdom and insights, drawing from his rich life experiences and deep connection to his cultural heritage. His works continue to inspire and resonate, even generations later, calling for understanding and respect towards indigenous cultures, stewardship of our wild places, and our connections with each other and the world we live in.

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Verlag
Hancock House Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0888395442
ISBN 13 
9780888395443
Einband
Taschenbuch
Zeichner
Hirnschall Helmut
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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