From CBC BC:

Influential B.C. First Nations leader George Watts has died.

Watts suffered heart failure Tuesday night in Nanaimo. He was the founding leader of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council and is known for helping close a residential school in Port Alberni.

I remember him as a fearlessly honest, passionate speaker. I’m sorry I won’t be hearing from him again.

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