FIRST AMERICANS CELEBRATE 10 YEARS
February 2, 2002
Century Plaza Hotel
Produced by Jacalyn Kane

Priscilla and Rita Coolidge

Award winner Molly Culver (Choctaw)

BEVERLY HILLS:  Molly Culver, Adam Beach and Michael Greyeyes were among honorees
as First Americans in the Arts celebrated its 10th Anniversary Award Presentations and Dinner.
Veteran actor Wes Studi hosted this annual Hollywood evening of tribute to American Indian
performing artists on February 2nd at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Winners in the film performance categories are Michael Greyeyes (Lead) for Skipped Parts
(Trimark) and Adam Beach (Supporting) for Joe Dirt (Columbia/Happy Madison).

Apensanahkwat (Menominee Chief), Max¹s date,  Steve Reevis (Blackfeet), actor and activist Max Gail, and Macile Reevis

Apensanahkwat (Menominee Chief) with actor and FAITA award winner Michael Greyeyes (Cree)

Jackie Kane, producer of the FAITA's for the second year and Alec Raven Cruz filmmaker and award show editor.

Best acting awards in television go to Mitch Longley (Recurring) for Judging Amy (CBS), Molly
Culver (Lead) for VIP (Fox), Tyler Christopher (Lead/TV Movie) for The Pretender 2001 (TNT),
Maree Cheatham (Supporting/TV Movie) for Just Ask My Children (Lifetime), Irene Bedard
(Guest)  for The Agency (CBS), Gary Farmer (Guest) for West Wing (NBC) and Jeanne Cooper
(Recurring) for The Young and the Restless (CBS/Daytime).

Robert Mirabal receives this year's Music Award for Music from a Painted Cave (Silverwave
Records) while special awards go to Marla Bingham for Dance/Choreography and Tim Sampson
for Theater.  Lifetime Achievement awards go to singer Rita Coolidge for Music and
actor/stuntman Henry Kingi, Sr. for Stunts.

Charlie Hill (Oneida) with Professor of Law at  UCLA Carole Goldberg and Duane Champagne, Dir. of American Indian Studies Program at UCLA	Actor Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Actress Sophia Gerodimous, James Main Jr. (GrosVentre), Actor Steve Reevis (Blackfeet) and wife Macile, and friend	Stuntman David Alvarado (Karankawa/Tonkawa)
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