FIRST AMERICANS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
StudioClub.com coverage by Suzanne Westerly
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Comedienne extrordinaire Charlie Hill (Oneida) and actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Dakota)

Michael  Horse

First American in the Arts Award Winners for 2002

• Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Film (Lead):

Michael Greyeyes in Skipped Parts (Skipped Parts Productions/Trimark Pictures)

• Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Film):

Adam Beach in Joe Dirt (Columbia Pictures)

• Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a TV Movie (Lead):

Tyler Christopher in The Pretender 2001 (20th Century Fox)

• Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a TV Series (Recurring):

Mitch Longley in Judging Amy (20th Century Fox Television/CBS Productions)

Actress Kateri Walker (Ojibway, Odawa, Potowatomi), past FAITA award winner  and a presenter this year with actor,  writer, publisher Harrison Lowe (Diné)

KActress Kateri Walker (Ojibway,  Odawa, Potowatomi) with N. Bird Runningwater (MescaleroApache)

• Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a TV Series (Regular):

Molly Culver in VIP (Global Entertainment Productions/Lafitte

Productions/Columbia Tristar Television)

• Outstanding Performance by an Actress in Daytime TV (Regular):

Jeanne Cooper in The Young & the Restless (CBS Television)

• Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a TV Movie:

Maree Cheatham in Just Ask My Children (Firebrand Productions/Hearst

Entertainment Productions)

• Outstanding Guest Performance by an Actor in a TV Drama Series:

Gary Farmer in West Wing (John Wells Productions/Warner Bros. Television)

• Outstanding Guest Performance by an Actress in a TV Drama Series:

Irene Bedard in The Agency (CBS Productions/Radiant Productions/Studios USA Television)

• Outstanding Musical Achievement:

Robert Mirabal for Music From a Painted Cave (Silver Wave Records)

Non Performance Categories

• Will Sampson Memorial Award: The Tulsa Indian Actor's Workshop

• Humanitarian Award: The Autry Museum of Western Heritage

• Trustees' Award: David Froman

• Lifetime Achievement in Stunts: Henry Kingi, Sr.

• Lifetime Musical Achievement: Rita Coolidge

• Outstanding Achievement in Dance: Marla Bingham

• Outstanding Achievement in Theater: Tim Sampson

Actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Actress Sophia Gerodimous, James Main Jr. (GrosVentre), Actor Steve Reevis (Blackfeet) and wife Macile, and friend

After last year at the Beverly Hills Hotel Faita returns to the Century Plaza Hotel

Zahan McClarnon (Lokata  and Jakcie Kane,  FAITA Awards show producer for the second year did a great job!!!!

FAITA's trustees continued their tradition of recognizing special individuals or organizations for
their contributions to Native Performing Arts and/or the American Indian Community in general.
Among  these awardees were David Froman, who  received the Trustees Award and  the Tulsa
Indian Actor's  Workshop receiving the Will Sampson Memorial Award.  The Humanitarian Award
went to The Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

This marked the 10th Anniversary for First Americans in the Arts, a non-profit dedicated to celebrating
the achievements of Native Americans in the entertainment industry. The Awards are also designed to
enlist the support and recognition of television, film, theater and music corporations, and to raise money
for a scholarship fund for American Indian students of the Performing Arts.

Click Here to see the 8th Annual First American In the Arts  Ceremony

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