Talk:Native American Music Awards

"Self Indentifying" Native Americans and the Nammys
The concept of who is and who is not a Native American is not just a controversy related to the Nammys. The United States Government and the Bureau of Indian Affairs only recognize enrolled citizens and members of the 563 Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages and Bands as Native Americans. There have been many incidents in the past where people that are not enrolled citizens or members of Federally Recognized Tribes have won Nammys. Douglass Blue Feather and Chief Red Hawk are some examples. Chief Red Hawk may in fact have Native American blood, but he may be descendent from the Native population of Mexico or South Texas, but not the Cherokee blood that he claims. Most “Self Identifying” Native Americans are however of European decent. They, and others like them that have won Nammys, but are not enrolled members of Federally Recognized tribes, are people that “Self Identify” as Native American but do not have ancestors on any tribal rolls. It should be noted that there are cases however where someone might have an ancestor on tribal rolls, but are not eligible for Citizenship in a Federally Recognized Tribe. This is not the case however with Douglass Blue Feather nor with Chief Red Hawk. Blue Feather’s only proof of Native American ancestry is a DNA test that he says he has done that shows positive proof. This is in itself controversial, and in some cases not accurate. And regardless of its accuracy, this cannot tell a person what tribe he belongs to. Douglass Blue feather claims to be Cherokee as does Chief Red Hawk, but neither of them can prove it. And there are other cases where someone just simply “Self Identifies” as Native American because they say that information has been passed down to them through the family and this is the most common case. While there were many cases throughout the United States, of Indians that were not documented in the 1800s and early 1900's, such as in the case of the 300 or so Cherokees that were never heard of again after they left for Arkansas, there is simply no way to prove or disprove as to whether or not someone who “Self Identifies” as Indian, Cherokee or Native American is in fact Indian, Cherokee or Native American. This is because of all the intermarriages and intermixing that have taken place over the centuries. And many enrolled tribal members of Federally Recognized Tribes are themselves mixed blood. Many enrolled tribal members who because of low Native American blood quantum, look more white, black or Asian then they do Native American. Blacks, Whites, Asians, and other racial and ethnic groups do not have this problem because of physical appearance, and in the case of Hispanics and Latinos because of surnames, language, and the ability to trace an ancestor to a Latin American country. However, Native Americans are not only a racial group but a political group as well, meaning they are citizens of sovereign nations. This is the reason for Tribal Identifications and Certificates of Degree of Indian Blood Quantum Cards. It should be noted that studies have been done on the number of possible descendants of the undocumented Indians, and in particular the Cherokees. In the example of the Cherokees, estimates have been taken of the number of people who have claimed Cherokee heritage, and that number was compared with a reasonable estimate of possible decedents today of the Cherokees who were not documented, and there clearly seems to be many more people claiming Cherokee heritage then possible. Claiming Cherokee heritage has been an American pastime since the Colonial Days. In conclusion, there is no way to prove or disprove Native American heritage today. That is why many tribes only recognize enrolled Tribal Members of Federally Recognized tribes as Native American. If not, then anyone by using the “Self Identifying” definition would be classified as Native American, and the distinction between what is and is not “Authentic” begins to become blurred. Many Indians of Federally Recognized Tribes an especially the ones that live on reservations and tribal lands, feel that their heritage is being stolen form them. On the other hand, many would argue that whether or not one is a Federally Recognized Indian is not the issue, but the issue is to promote Native American music in general. Which is what I suppose is the stance that the Nammys has taken. And by including “Self Identifying” Indians in the Nammys, they may argue that this is better for everyone because it expands and exposes a greater number of people to Native American music. -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by LightingBug (talk • contribs)


 * As this page is devoted to discussion regarding improving this article, what are your ideas about improving the article? Whatever is added must be properly sourced. Badagnani (talk) 21:28, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

I beleive to improve the article, one must explain how the Nammys were formed, and who the founding members were that started it. And maybe even talk about some winners from years past. And maybe adding a seperate section explaining the different catagories for nomination. The controversy regarding the Nammys in the above paragraphs should also be mentioned briefly. LightingBug (talk) 22:54, 17 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by LightingBug (talk • contribs) 22:49, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

I Intend to work on this :)
Aquai! As a degreed Librarian, I turned to the Native American Music Awards list of winners as a good source for my collection development at my Library and also to provide people that inevitably asked what respected sources in my Community were. I agree that it would be helpful to improve citations on this page, but this organisation is what I would call a primary source. It is okay to cite the RIAA. It is okay to link to the Grammys. These are as close to our Grammys as people get. So what do we do with that?

I'm trying to go through and create music pages for American Indian artists that are lucky enough to be so major that I've heard on reputable programmes, like NPR, CBC, et cetera. While I reviewed the criteria for inclusion in wikipedia, things seemed out of line with the spirit of Wikimania. I realise that we don't want our cousin's uncle's sister's roomates' MySpace band on wikipedia for quality reasons, but a lot of the criteria are systematically exclusive for minority communities. We want the sum of all human knowledge, right? Could another tenet be that if an artist's music is available for download through iTunes or summat be a principle? This would allow for many independent artists while partially patrolling for quality.

Yep, this can definitely be organised better, and I definitely want to help improve the page. I know that I'm not as good or diligent as other editors, so I only try and edit pages on wikipedia once in a while when I have a good amount of time at my disposal to cite properly, et cetera. But I want to volunteer and try and improve things little by little. :) As the Māori say "Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora te manuhiri."Abesottedphoenix (talk) 22:26, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

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Adding below the unsigned comment from this diff: as the original edit reconfigured others' comments. - Co rb ie V    ☊ ☼ 16:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

"Important Note: 'Nammys' is a slang term and not officially used by the Native American Music Awards Inc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.250.218 (talk • contribs)"
 * Well, considering this isn't a Native American Music Award official website, that point is moot. Dear God, maybe 25% of the awardees are actually Native American. This is a general train wreck. Does listing every winner with no organizational system fall under Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information? Yuchitown (talk) 03:36, 30 June 2016 (UTC)Yuchitown

Previous honorees
Past recipients of NAMA awards include: Adrian Brown, Tim Sampson, Jonathon Joss, Charles Button, AIRO, Andrew Vasquez, Annie Humphrey, Apache Spirit, Apryl Allen, Arigon Starr, Arvel Bird, Atsiaktonkie, Bear Fox, Becky Thomas, Bill Miller, Billy Whitefox,  Black Eagle, Blackfoot Confederacy,  Black Lodge Singers, Black Thunder Singers, Blackfire,  Bluedog, Bo Taylor, Bryan Akipa, Brulé, Buddy Red Bow, Buddy Big Mountain, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Buggin Malone, Burning Sky, CC Murdock, Carroll Medicine Crow, Casper Loma-da-wa, Cecil Gray & Red Dawn Blues Band, Charly Lowry, Chase Monchamp, Chase Manhattan, Chief Jim Billie, Cherokee National Children's Choir, Cheryl Bear, Clan/destine, Cody Blackbird, Corn Bred, Cozad, Crystal Gayle, Dago Braves, Dark Water Rising, Delphine Tsinajinnie, Derek Miller,  Digging Roots, Don Amero, Douglas Blue Feather, Dylan Jenet Collins, Eagle & Hawk, Edmund Bull, Eli Secody, Evren Ozan,  Evren Ozan, Eyabay, Fara Palmer, Felipe Rose,  Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Frank Waln, Nake Nula Waun, Fredrick Whiteface, Gabriel Ayala, Gary Small, Gathering of Nations, Gilbert Begaye Sr, Golana, Graywolf Blues Band, Hank Williams, Harvey Arden, Indigenous, Indigo Girls, Injunity, Jeff Carpenter, Brad Clonch, JJ Kent, Jack Gladstone, Jana, Janelle Turtle,  Janice Marie Johnson, Jan Michael Looking Wolf,  Jay Begaye, Jay Nez, Jennifer Kreisberg, Jerry Alfred, Jim Boyd, Jim Pepper,  Jimi Hendrix,  Jimmy Lee Young, Jimmy Wolf, Joanne Shenandoah, John Trudell, Joseph FireCrow,  Joseph Marshall III,  Josh Halverson, Joy Harjo,  Judy Trejo,  Kansas Begaye, Keith Bear, Keith Secola, Kelly Parker, Ken Quiet Hawk, Kevin Locke,  Kevin Yazzie, Kitty Wells, Koljademo, Lakota Thunder, Laughing Woman & Eagle Wings, Lil Dre, Link Wray, Litefoot, Luis Capcha Vilchez, Marc Brown & The Blues Crew, Marlena Begaye, Mary Louise Defender Wilson,  Mary Youngblood, Martha Redbone, Medicine Dream, Micki Free, Michael Bucher,  Michael Jacobs,  Michael Searching Bear,  Midnite Express,  Nake Nula Waun, William Eaton, Cilpman, Native Roots, Native Thunder, Neville Brothers, Nicole, NightShield, Nokie Edwards,  Northern Cree, October Soul, Oshkii Giizhik Singers, Pamyua, Pima Express, Pipestone, PM Begay, Primeax & Mike,  Pura Fé, Qua ti Si,  Radmilla Cody, RainSong, R. Carlos Nakai, R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, Randy McGinnis, Randy Wood, Red Bull, Red Earth, Red Feather Woman, Red Hawk, Rezawrecktion, Rezhogs,  Rhonda Head,  Rita Coolidge,  Robbie Robertson, Robert Mirabal,  Robert Tree Cody, Rubin Romero, Rollin Fox, Sacred Harmonies, Samantha Crain, Sayani,  Segweh, Shadowyze,  Shane Yellowbird, Sharon Burch, Shelley Morningsong, Silverbird,  Skylar Wolf,  Stan Summers, Stephen Butler, Stevie Salas,  Stuart Snake & Paul Never Misses A Shot,  The Blessed Blend,  The Boyz, The Crow Girls,  The Story Tellers, Thunderbird Sisters,  Thunder Hawk Singers,  Tiger Tiger,  Tinesha Begaye,  Tom Bee,  Tommy Allsup,  Tommy Wildcat,  Tony Redhouse,  Tracy Bone,  Travis Harden, Tribal Live, Twice As Good, Victoria Blackie,  Vince Fontaine, Yarina,  Yolanda Martinez, Yvonne St Germaine,  Wade Fernandez, Walela,  Warfield Moose Jr, Wayquay,  Will & Lil Jess,  Wind Spirit Drum, Wolfsheart & Big City Indians,  Bruce Cockburn, Ed Stasium, Jeff Ball,  Jackson Browne,  John Densmore, Michael Brant DeMaria,  Neil Young, Raymond Boley,  Scott August,  Stefan Gelfas, Tom Wassinger

Taken from the main article space. This needs some kind of meaningful formatting. Perhaps a category:NAMA awardee placed on relevant articles might make more sense? Yuchitown (talk) 05:59, 30 June 2016 (UTC)Yuchitown

Winners Of The Native American Music Awards
Adrian Brown, Tim Sampson, Jonathon Joss, Charles Button - 08 Best Producer Akwesasne Women Singers (Mohawk) - 13 Traditional AIRO - 06 Group Ali Fontaine -2013 Best Country Andrew Vasquez (Kiowa/Apache) - 00 Male Artist Annie Humphrey (Ojibwe)- 01 Female, 01 Folk, 03 Best Video Apache Spirit (Apache)- 98 Best Folk Country Group Apryl Allen - 09 Pop Recording Arigon Starr (Kickapoo) - 01 Song Single, 99 Best Independent Recording Arvel BIrd - 06 Instrumental, 07 Artist of the Year Atsiaktonkie -09 Best Folk Bear Fox (Mohawk) - 11 Debut Artist Becky Thomas (Cherokee) - 11 Female Artist Big City Indians featuring Roy E Pete (Navajo) - 13 Group Big River Cree (Plains Cree) 13 Debut Group Bill Miller (Mohican)- 99 Folk Artist, 99 Songwriter, 99 Song of the Year, 99 Male Artist, 06 Song/Single of the Year Billy Whitefox - 04 Flutist Black Eagle (Taos Pueblo) - 03 Pow Wow, 06 Pow Wow Blackfoot Confederacy - -8 Best Pow Wow Recording Black Lodge Singers (Blackfeet)- 98 Best Pow Wow Album, 00 Debut Group, 04 Pow Wow, Black Thunder Singers - 11 Best Pow Wow Recording Blackfire (Dine') - 02 Pop Rock, 04 Group, 08 Record of the Year Bluedog - 10 Group of the Year Bo Taylor - 10 Best Traditional Bryan Akipa (Dakota) - 09 Best Male Brule' (Lakota) - 02 Group, 02 Instrumental, 06 Compilation, 08 Best Long Form Video. 09 Group Buddy Red Bow (Lakota)- 98 Hall of Fame Buffy Sainte- Marie (Cree)- 98 Best Pop Artist Buggin Malone - 06 R&B/Hip Hop Burning Sky - 03 Group of the Year CC Murdock - 11 Best Country Recording, 13 Short Form VIdeo Carroll Medicine Crow - 08 Best New Age Recording Casper Loma-da-wa (Hopi)- 01 World Music Cecil Gray & Red Dawn Blues Band - 04 Blues Jazz Charly Lowry (Lumbee)/Dark Water Rising -09 Best Video, 10 Debut Group Chase Monchamp/Chase Manhattan - 10 Best Hip Hop Chief Jim Billie (Seminole)- 99 Living Legend, 99 Debut Artist Cherokee National Children's Choir - 02 Gospel/Christian, 03 Gospel/Christian, 08 Best Gospel Inspriational Recording Cheryl Bear - 08 Debut Artist of the Year Clan/destine (Intertribal) - 00 Pop/Rock Cody Blackbird (Cherokee/Dakota) - 11 Flutist of the Year, 13 Song of the Year Cozad - 04 Historical Crystal Gayle - 01 Hall of Fame Dago Braves - 08 Best Rap Hip Hop Recording Dark Water Rising (Lumbee) - Debut Group Delphine Tsinajinnie (Dine')- 01 Debut Artist Derek Miller (Mohawk) - 03 Best Blues, 09 Song/Single Digging Roots - 10 Best Pop Don Amero (Metis) - 11 Folk Recording Douglas Blue Feather - 02 Independent Recording, 03 Flutist of the Year, 04 New Age, 06 New Age Dylan Jenet Collins (Montaukett) - 11 Best Pop Recording Eagle & Hawk - 06 Pop/Rock, 09 Rock Edmund Bull - 08 Best Male Artist Eli Secody - 04 Male Emmanuel Black Bear (Lakota) - 13 Pow Wow Evren Ozan - 04 Rising Star, 07 Best Instrumental Eyabay (Chippewa)- 99 Canadian Traditional Fara Palmer - 08 Best Pop Recording Fawn Wood (Cree)  - 13 Best Female Felipe Rose (Taino, Lakota) - 02 Historical Recording, 03 Song/Single, 04 Songwriter, 08 Hall of Fame Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Dakotah)- 02 Living Legend, 07 Best Country Recording Frank Waln/Nake Nula Waun - 10 Best Producer, 13 Song of the Year Fredrick Whiteface (Lakota)- 98 Best Jazz Artist, 98 Lifetime Achievement Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui) - 09 Best Instrumental, 10 World Music, 11 Artist of the Year Gary Small (Northern Cheyenne)- 02 Songwriter of the Year, 07 Best Rock Recording, 11 Male Artist, Gathering of Nations (Intertribal)- 00 Pow Wow, 01 Compilation, 99 Pow Wow Gilbert Begaye Sr - 08 Best Traditional Recording Golana - 08 Best Instrumental Recording, 11 New Age Graywolf Blues Band - 09 Best Blues Hank Williams - 99 Hall of Fame Harvey Arden - 11 Spoken Word Honey Dawn Karima and Cloudwalker (Creek/Cherokee/Cree) - 13 Gospel Indigenous (Nakota)- 00 Blues, 00 Group, 01 Blues Indigenous (Nakota)- 99 Best Blues, 99 Group of the Year, 99 Pop Group Indigo Girls - 98 Native Heart (Non Native) Injunity - 08 Debut Group of the Year, 10 Songwriter (Clonch & Carpenter) JJ Kent - 09 Best Flutist Jack Gladstone - 11 Historical Recording Jana (Lumbee) - 01 Pop Rock, 02 Song/Single, 03 Female, 06 Record of the Year, 08 Best Short Form Music Video, 09 Song/Single, 13 Pop Janelle Turtle (Cheyenne) - 08 Native American Church Recording Janice Marie Johnson (Stockbridge Munsee) -02 Producer, 08 Hall of Fame Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Grande Ronde)- 08 Flutist of the Year, 09 Artist of the Year, 10 Record of the Year, 11 Music Video Jay Begaye - 10 Best Male Jay Nez - 04 Debut Artist Jerry Alfred (Northern Tutchone)- 99 Best Canadian Recording Jim Boyd (Colville) - 02 Album, 03 Pop/Rock, 04 Record of the Year, 06 Songwriter, 08 Artist of the Year Jim Pepper (Kaw/Creek)- 00 Hall of Fame Jimi Hendrix - 98 Hall of Fame Jimmy Lee Young - 04 Record Jimmy Wolf - 08 Best Blues Recording Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida) - 98 Children's, 98 Best Female, 99 Female, 99 Traditional, 00 Music Video, 01 New Age, 01 Producer, 02 Artist, 03 Compilation, 09 Compilation, 10 New Age John Trudell (Santee Dakota) - 00 Artist, 00 Song/Single, 1998 Living Legend Joseph FireCrow (Cheyenne) - 03 Songwriter, 04 Instrumental, 06 Flutist, 10 Flutist, 10 Artist of the Year, 11 Song Single, 13 Best Flute Joseph M Marshall III - 03 Spoken Word Josh Halverson (Shockopee Sioux) - 11 Songwriter Joy Harjo - 09 Best Female Judy Trejo (Paiute) - 00 Best Historical Celebrate - Kalan Wi (Salish) Keith Bear (Mandan)- 01 Traditional Kalan Wi - 13 Historical/Linguistic Keith Secola (Anishinabe)- 00 Best Independent, 01 Instrumental Recording, 02 Blues 03 Producer, 06 Artist of the Year, 06 Folk/Country Recording Kelly Jackson (Lac du Flambeau) - 13 - Folk Americana Kelly Parker - 09 Producer Ken Quiet Hawk - 08 Best Spoken Word Recording Kevin Locke (Lakota)- 00 Traditional, 09 Record of the Year Kevin Yazzie - 11 Native American Church Kitty Wells - 02 Hall of Fame KILI - 00 Best Radio Koljademo (Pomo)- 1999 Best World Music KTNN - 1999 Best Radio Station Lakota Thunder (Lakota)- 01 Historical Recording, 06 Traditional Laughing Woman & Eagle Wings (Mashantucket) -02 Folk/Country Link Wray - 06 Hall of Fame Litefoot (Cherokee) -00 Rap Hip Hop, 1998 Best Rap Artist. 1999 Rap Hip Hop, 02 Rap Hip Hop. 03 Male, 04 Artist Luis Capcha Vilchez (Inca) - 11 Latin American Marc Brown & The Blues Crew - 11 Blues Recording Marlena Begaye - 03 Debut Artist, 06 Gospel/Christian/Inspirational Mary Louise Defender Wilson (Dakota)- 00 Spoken Word (Francis Cree) 02 Spoken Word, 04 Spoken Word Mary Youngblood (Aleut/Seminole)- 00 New Age, 99 Flutist of the Year, 00 Female, 00 Flutist, 02 New Age Recording, 04 Producer Martha Redbone (Blackfeet) -02 Debut Artist Medicine Dream (Intertribal) - 06 Best Video Micki Free (Comanche/Cherokee)- 02 Male Artist, 04 Pop Rock (The 9) Michael Bucher (Cherokee) - 09 Compilation Recording, 10 Best Folk Michael Jacobs - 03 Independent Michael Searching Bear - 09 World Music Midnite Express - 09 Pow Wow Recording Mitch Walking Elk (Cheyenne/ Arapaho) - Best Blues 13 Nake Nula Waun - 11 Best Rap Hip Hop Nakai, Eaton, Cilpman (Navajo/Ute)- 99 Instrumental Native Roots (Pueblo) - 02 World Music, 08 Group of the Year, 08 Best World Music Recording Native Thunder - (Tohono Oodham) - 10 Waila, 11 Waila Neville Brothers (Choctaw/Cherokee)- 01 Video, 01 Living Legend Nicole - 03 Instrumental Nicole - 08 Best Female Artist NightShield - 07 Best Rap Hip Hop Recording, 08 Song Single of the Year Nokie Edwards - 10 Instrumental Northern Cree (Cree) - 01 Pow Wow, 04 Compilation Recording October Soul - 11 Debut Group of the Year Oshkii Giizhik Singers - 09 Best Traditional Pamyua - 03 Record of the Year Peter Sackaney (Constance Lake) - 13 Songwriter Pima Express (Gila River) - 03 Folk/Country Pipestone - 11 Group of the Year, 2008 Record of the Year PM Begay (Navajo)- 1999 Best Children's Recording Primeax & Mike (Oglalla/Yankton Sioux & Ponca/Dine')- 1998 Best Traditional Album, 02 Traditional, 09 Native American Church Pura Fe' - 06 Female Qua ti Si - 04 Folk Country Radmilla Cody (Dine')- 02 Female, 13 Record of the Year RainSong - 09 Best Spoken Word Ralphael Deas (Apache) - 13 Rap Hip Hop R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo/Ute)- 00 Best Instrumental, 01 Flutist, 01 Lifetime Achievement, 1998 Best Flutist, 98 Best Male, 03 New Age R. Carlos Nakai Quartet - 06 World Music Randy McGinnis - 10 Best Compilation Randy Wood - 04 Traditional, 11 Traditional Red Bull - 02 Pow Wow Recording Red Earth - 00 Debut Group of the Year, 03 World Music Red Feather Woman - 06 Spoken Word Red Hawk - 08 Best Historical Recording Rezawrecktion - 04 Gospel/Christian Rezhogs - -9 Rap Hip Hop Rhonda Head - 11 World Recording Rickey Medlocke - 13 Instrumental, 13 Long Form Video Rita Coolidge - 00 Lifetime Achievement, 06 Blues/Jazz Recording Robbie Robertson (Mohawk) - 98 Lifetime Achievement, 99 Record, 99 Producer Robert Mirabal (Taos Pueblo)- 00 Songwriter, 01 Artist, 01 Record. 01 Songwriter, 98 Songwriter, 02 Video, 03 Artist Robert Tree Cody (Maricopa/Dakota)- 1999 Best New Age Robert Tree, Redhouse, Romero (Maricopa/Dakota)- 00 Latin Recording. 00 World Music, 01 Male Artist, Rollin Fox - 01 Rap Hip Hop Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla) - 13 New Age Ryan Little Eagle Molina (Lakota) - 13 Debut Artist Sacred Harmonies - 10 Native American Church Samantha Crain - 09 Songwriter Saving Damsels (Navajo & Hopi) - 13 Rock Sayani - 10 Best Gospel Segweh - 10 Best Rock Shadowyze - 04 Rap/Hip Hop Shane Yellowbird - 09 Country Recording, 10 Best Country Sharon Burch (Dine')- 00 Record of the Year Shelley Morningsong - 11 Record of the Year Silverbird (Apache/Navajo) 06 Debut Artist Skylar Wolf - 09 Debut Artist Stan Summers - 04 Independent Stephen Butler - 11 Best Producer Star Nayea - 01 Independent Recording, 08 Songwriter of the Year Stevie Salas (Apache) - 08 Best Rock Recording, 09 Lifetime Achievement Stuart Snake & Paul Never Misses A Shot - 03 Traditional T.O. Combo (Tohonor O’odham) - 13 Waila The Blessed Blend - 11 Best Rock Recording The Boyz - 10 Best Pow Wow The Crow Girls - 08 Best Folk Recording The Story Tellers - 10 Best Spoken Word Thunderbird Sisters (Shinnecock)- 00 Folk Artist Thunder Hawk Singers (Cree) - 09 Best Historical Tiger Tiger (Miccosukee) - 06 Lifetime Achievement Tinesha Begaye - 10 Best Female Tom Bee (Dakota)- 1998 Best Producer, 1999 Lifetime Achievement, 10 Music Video Tommy Allsup (Cherokee) - 09 Living Legend Tommy Wildcat (Cherokee) 02 Flutist Tony Duncan (Apache Arikara, Hidatsa) - 13 Artist of the Year Tony Redhouse - 09 New Age, 11 Longform Video Tracy Bone - 08 Best Country Recording Travis Harden (Minneconjou/Lakota)- 01 Spoken Word Tribal Live -3 Rap/Hip Hop Twice As Good - 10 Best Blues Victoria Blackie - 10 Debut Artist Vince Fontaine - 11 Instrumental recording Yarina - 04 World Music Yolanda Martinez - 04 Female Yvonne St Germaine - 11 Gospel Recording Wade Fernandez - 06 Male Walela (Cherokee)- 01 Group of the Year, 1998 Song of the Year, 98 Debut Group, 04 Short Long video Warfield Moose Jr- 03 Historical Wayne Silas Jr (Oneida) - 13 Male Wayquay (Ojibway)- 1999 Best Music Video Will & Lil Jess (Lakota) - 09 Debut Duo/Group of the Year Wind Spirit Drum - 09 Gospel/Christian, 10 Song/Single (Windwalker)

Non Native Recipients
Francis Couturel - 13 Producer Wolfsheart & Big City Indians - 10 Native Heart, 11 Native Heart Bruce Cockburn - 00 Native Heart (Non Native Category) Ed Stasium - 08 Native Heart Harold Owens - 06 Humanitarian Award Indigo Girls - 98 Native Heart (Non Native) Jeff Ball - 01 Native Heart (Non Native) Jackson Browne - 00 Producer (Non Native) John Densmore - 06 Native Heart, 03 Lifetime Achievement Michael Brant DeMaria - 09 Native Heart Neil Young - 02 Native Heart Raymond Boley - 99 Native Heart (Non Native) Scott August - 04 Native Heart Stefan Gelfas/AlexSalzman - 06 Producer Sybille Hummingbird - 13 Native Heart Tom Wassinger - 01 Best Producer, 04 Producer Non Music Billy Mills (Lakota) - 01 Jim Thorpe Navajo Codetalkers (Navajo) - 00 Living Legend Notah Begay III (Navajo)- 00 Jim Thorpe Iroquois Nationals - 1999 Jim Thorpe Coach Kelvin Sampson - 02 Jim Thorpe Buddy Big Mountain - 05 Outstanding Achievement Ted Nolan - 11 Jim Thorpe