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Among the Beautiful

Among the Beautiful CHIEF DAN GEORGE The following is a talk Chief Dan George gave at Western Washington State College (now known as Western Washington University) on May 5, 1971, when he was seventy-one years old. By then, he was nationally recognized for his film and television roles and for speaking out against the dishonor- able treatment of First Nations peoples. On June 25, 1971, about seven weeks after this talk was given, he was awarded the prestigious Order of Canada for “services both as an actor and an interpreter of his people.” My very good dear friends, was it only yesterday that men sailed around the moon and it is today they stand upon its barren surface? You and I marvel that men should travel so far and so fast, but if they have travelled far, then I farther. If they have travelled fast, then I faster. For I was born a thousand years ago, born in the culture of bows and arrows. Yet within the space of half a lifetime I was flown across the ages to the culture of the atom bomb; and from bows and arrows to atom bomb is a distance far beyond a flight to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Manoa University of Hawai'I Press

Among the Beautiful

Manoa , Volume 25 (1) – Jul 10, 2013

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University of Hawai'I Press
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Copyright © 2008 University of Hawai'i Press.
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CHIEF DAN GEORGE The following is a talk Chief Dan George gave at Western Washington State College (now known as Western Washington University) on May 5, 1971, when he was seventy-one years old. By then, he was nationally recognized for his film and television roles and for speaking out against the dishonor- able treatment of First Nations peoples. On June 25, 1971, about seven weeks after this talk was given, he was awarded the prestigious Order of Canada for “services both as an actor and an interpreter of his people.” My very good dear friends, was it only yesterday that men sailed around the moon and it is today they stand upon its barren surface? You and I marvel that men should travel so far and so fast, but if they have travelled far, then I farther. If they have travelled fast, then I faster. For I was born a thousand years ago, born in the culture of bows and arrows. Yet within the space of half a lifetime I was flown across the ages to the culture of the atom bomb; and from bows and arrows to atom bomb is a distance far beyond a flight to the

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Published: Jul 10, 2013

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