Finding His Way Back Home

08-15-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

Finding his Way Back Home

Last February on a warm Los Angeles night, Native American Artists gathered
for the First Americans In The Arts Award Ceremony (FAITA), Brule'
beautiful music filled the auditorium.

Later in the evening, Brule' was honored with FAITA's Outstanding Musical
Achievement Award. Backstage in the media room was the first time I met
Paul LaRoche of Brule'.

The jacket cover of his CD, We the People, mentions that Paul discovered
his Native heritage back in 1993. There are many Native Americans that were
"adopted out" and are now ...

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First Americans in the Arts

03-31-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

First Americans in the Arts

The eighth Annual First Americans in the Arts Award Ceremony and dinner
took place Saturday evening, February 26, 2000, at the Century Plaza Hotel
in Century City, CA. The elegantly decorated stage and the flickering
candlelit dinner tables created a dreamlike and ethereal quality in the
large room.

The ceremony honored outstanding achievements by Native Americans in film,
television and other performing arts. The charming and entertaining actor,
Wes Studi (Cherokee) who also received two of the evening's awards, hosted

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