George Clutesi, CM (1905 – 27 February 1988), was a Tseshaht artist, actor and writer, as well as an expert on and ambassador for all Canadian First Nations culture.
Emily Carr was so impressed with his work that in her will she left him her brushes, oils and unused canvases.
While recovering from an on-the-job injury, he met the chief of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the Vancouver area, Ira Dilworth.
[2] In 1961, he addressed the British Columbia Historical Association on Northwest Coast art urging the preservation of Indigenous cultures.
[1] He died in Victoria in 1988, not long after his final television appearance on the CBC's First Nations TV series Spirit Bay, in which he played an elder who helps the local children deal with questions about their Indigenous culture.