shaman in Dreamspeaker. Clutesi also appeared in a number of television programs. 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. Filmography "I Heard the Owl Call my Name" (1973) – George P. Hudson Dreamspeaker (1976) – Old Man Prophecy (1979) – M'Rai Nightwing (1979) – Abner Tasupi Spirit of the Wind (1979) – George's Father Kelly (1981) – Clut The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982) – Chief John Running Brave (1983) – Ben Gentle Sinners (1983) – Sam Isaac Littlefeathers (1984) – Moses Anekwat Toby McTeague (1986) – Chief TV series Spirit Bay Episode of The Beachcombers "The Gift" References 1905 births 1988 deaths Canadian non-fiction writers First Nations dramatists and playwrights First Nations painters First Nations male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Members of the Order of Canada Male actors from British Columbia People from Port Alberni Artists from British Columbia 20th-century Canadian male actors Canadian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century First Nations writers Canadian male non-fiction writers 20th-century non-fiction writers