Rueben George is a Coast Salish writer and activist from Canada. [1] He is most noted for It Stops Here: Standing Up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People, a book co-written with Michael Simpson which was a shortlisted finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award in 2024. [2]
A member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, [2] he is the grandson of Chief Dan George. [2] He has worked with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust, an environmental and cultural organization that advocates for the protection of Tsleil-Waututh culture and traditions. [1]
In 2024 he performed a spoken word monologue about Indigenous rights on "FREE", a song from the Snotty Nose Rez Kids album Red Future. The song was longlisted for the Polaris SOCAN Song Prize at the 2025 Polaris Music Prize, [3] and George served as a presenter at the Juno Awards of 2025 to introduce the live performance by Snotty Nose Rez Kids and Tia Wood. [4]
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