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“Love is something you and I must have.
We must have it because Our Spirit feeds upon it.
We must have it because without it We become weak and faint.
Without Love Our Self-esteem weakens.
Without it Our courage fails.
Without Love We can no longer look confidently at the world.
We turn inward and begin to feed upon Our Own personalities,
and little by little We destroy Our Selves.
With it We are Creative.
With it, and with it alone, We are able to sacrifice for Others.”

Chief Dan George

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Chief Dan George, OC (July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band located on Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was also an author, poet, and an Academy Award-nominated actor. His best-known written work was “My Heart Soars. Born as Geswanouth Slahoot in North Vancouver,his English name was originally Dan Slaholt. The surname was changed to George when he entered a residential school at age 5.  He worked at a number of different jobs, including as a longshoreman, construction worker, and school bus driver,and was band chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation from 1951–63.