<P> In the early 1960s, Silverheels supported the Indian Actors Workshop, where Native American actors refined their skills in Echo Park, California . Today the workshop is firmly established . </P> <P> Jay Silverheels raised, bred and raced Standardbred horses in his spare time . Once, when asked about possibly running Tonto's famous paint horse Scout in a race, Jay laughed off the idea: "Heck, I can outrun Scout!" </P> <P> Married in 1945, Silverheels was the father of three girls and a boy </P> <P> Silverheels suffered a stroke in 1976, and the following year, Clayton Moore rode a paint horse in Silverheels' honor in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade . Silverheels died on March 5, 1980, from complications of a stroke, at age sixty - seven, in Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California . He was cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, and his ashes were returned to the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario . </P>

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