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Actor Mitch Longley (Passamoquodi / Penobscot) was awarded for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in Daytime TV for his role on Port Charles (ABC). The wheelchair bound actor said that "this award is a sacred seed from which a healthy tree will grow." His one-man non-profit organization, Sowoho (Spirit of the Wounded Horse, Inc.) benefits the specific needs of physically disabled Native Americans who can not afford the equipment they need. A recent trip to the Dine reservation resulted in the gift of a wheelchair to a young girl. When asked what color she wanted the wheelchair to be,
she thought for a moment then replied, "Turquoise blue, of course!"
(From OCB Tracker, First Americans in the Arts Awards, article by Gary Fuller, used with permission.
(c) 1999 OCB Tracker)
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