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AUGUST 15, 2015
Special Olympics World Games
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Tribal Elder Dorothy Leno, who used to compete in Special Olympics
swimming events when she lived in southern California in the
1970s, attended the 2015 Special Olympics World Games opening
ceremonies held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, July
25. Leno was invited to attend by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department to represent her Native American heritage and her
generation of Special Olympics athletes. She was accompanied by
her half-sister, Tribal Council member Denise Harvey, who used to
volunteer for Special Olympics when she lived in southern California
as well. Approximately 6,500 Special Olympics athletes representing
165 countries participated in the games between July 25 and Aug. 2.
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