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7/1/2005
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Obit: Nuu-chah-nulth Leader George Watts
Author: David Wiwchar Source: Indian Country Today
Title: NUU-CHAH-NULTH LEADER GEORGE WATTS PASSES
The Nuu-chah-nulth people of Vancouver Island are mourning the loss of one of their great leaders.
George Watts (Wah-meesh-mis) was one of the most well-known Native leaders in British Columbia from the 1970s through to his death from a heart attack May 31 at the age of 59.
Watts, Tseshaht, was instrumental in forming the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council in 1973, a confederacy of 14 First Nations along the west coast of Vancouver Island, and guiding its rise as one of the most powerful political groups and Aboriginal social agencies in Canada.
Those familiar with Watts in the political arena knew him as a focused and determined competitor, fiercely protective of his people and their rights and unwavering in his work towards a brighter future - not just for First Nations people, but for all of British Columbia and Canada. He was a crusader for the just, an advocate for the unable and a passionate voice for First Nations.
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