| 2004 Native American Awards Nominees | |
| Artist
of the Year Joseph Firecrow w Billings Symphony "Signature - Parmly's Dream" (Papamouse) Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SilverWave) R. Carlos Nakai "Sanctuary" (Canyon) Verdell Primeaux "Veterans and Honor Songs" (CR) |
Best
Blues/Jazz Recording Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach "Native Blues" (Cedarfeather) Joy Harjo "Native Joy For Real" (Mekko) Marc Cary-Indigenous People "Native Go Go Rhythms Please" (Fla) The Red Corn Band "Red Corn Sessions" (AB) |
| Best
Compilation Recording - Various Artists Compilation 19 Artist "The Rizing: Best of Native Hip Hop 2004" R. Carlos Nakai "In Beauty, We Return. The Best of" (Canyon) Various "Best of the Best Vol 2" (Cool Runnings) Various "Voices Across The Canyon Volume 6" (Canyon) |
Debut
Artist/Group of the Year Bad Moon Rising "Southern" (Cool Runnings) Burnt - Project 1 "The Avenue" (Sunshine) Rain Song "Rising Son" (Soar) Steve Williams "Change" (CPR) |
| Best
Female Artist Joanne Shenandoah "Covenant" (SilverWave) Joy Harjo "Native Joy For Real" (Mekko) Kimberly Dawn "Healing Jane" (Sunshine) Qua Ti Si "Through Indian Eyes" (Shadagea) |
Best
Folk/Country Recording Annie Humphrey "Edge of America" (Makoche') Jim Boyd "Going To The Stick Games" (Thunderwolf) Ga-Li Raymond Two Crows Wallen w/ Alicia Pagan "From The Outside In" (RW) Seymour - Snow "Home Grown" (Ekko) |
| Flutist
of the Year Billy Whitefox "When The Wind Sings" (Singing Wolf) Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk) Eddie Three Eagles "Long Trail Home" (Manitou) Robert Tree Cody "Reflections" (Canyon) Terry Tsotigh "Prairie Rain" (Blackbear) |
Gospel/Christian
Recording Cherokee National Youth Choir "Jesus Is Born Today" (Cher) Evan Lee "Heavenly" (CPR) Rain Song "Rising Son" (Soar) Rezawrecktion "It's Time" (Lions Den) Robern Talkalai "John 3:16" (Talkalai) |
| Duo/Group
of the Year Blackfire "Woody Guthrie Singles" (Tacoho) Northern Cree "Rezonate…Live at Saddle Lake" (Cyn) Tha Tribe "Mad Hops and Crazy Stops" (Cyn) Walela "Live In Concert" (Rich-Heape) Yarina "Nawi" (Yari) |
Best
Historical Recording Cozad "California Pow Wow" (Soar) D. Norman "Buffalo Sky" (Soar) Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk) Masie Shenandoah &Liz Robert "Sisters:Oneida Iroquois Hymns" S) No Two Horns "A Gallery of Art and Exploits" (Makoche') |
| Best
Independent Recording Charlie Wayne Watson "Waking Spirit" (Desert Winds) Eagle Cloud "Canhiya Voice of the Wood" (Star Eagle) Kansas Begaye "Beauty of the Spirit" (KB) Michael Jacobs "They Come Dancing" (MJ) Stan Summers "Walkin' n Fire" (CPR) |
Best
Instrumental Recording Arvel Bird "Big Chief Quetoos" (Singing Wolf) Echo Greywolf "The Gathering Field" (Sunshine) Evren Ozan "As Things Could Be" (Point of Light) Joseph Firecrow w Billings Symphony "Signature - Parmly's Dream" P) Spirit of the Nations "Spirit of the Nations" (Sunshine) |
| Best
Male Artist Eli Secody "Butterfly" (Secody) Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk) Jay Begaye "Songs of Colors" (Canyon) Jimmy Lee Young "Maya" (Crystal Feather) Randy Wood "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon) |
Best
New Age Recording Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk) Evren Ozan "As Things Could Be" (Point of Light) JJ Kent "Come & Get To Know Me" (Swinging Wolf) Joanne Shenandoah "Covenant" (SilverWave) Thunderbeat "Mayan Landing 2012" (Thundervision) |
| Best
Pop/Rock Recording Blackfire "Woody Guthrie Singles" (Tacoho) Dying Tribe "Represent" (Tribal Relic) Holy Wrath - Ramondo Emerson "Holy Wrath" (CPR) The 9 Featuring Micki Free "Ruff Masters" (Island) Tiger Tiger "Peace from the Everglades" (TTM) |
Best
Pow Wow Recording Black Lodge, Star Society, Mocassin Flats "Blackfoot Pow Wow" Cozad "California Pow Wow" (Soar) Mystic River Singers "Mystic River Evolution" (Red Bear) Tha Tribe "Mad Hops and Crazy Stops" (Canyon) Young Bird "YB Style" (Canyon) |
| Best
Producer David Swenson "Edge of America" (Makoche') Rose, Lawson, Morris "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk) Stephen Butler "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon) Tom & Robby Bee "Blackfoot Pow Wow" (Soar) Tom Wasinger & Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SWave) |
Best
Rap/Hip Hop Recording Buggin Malone "Birth of a Warrior" (Oarfin) Jay Nez "My Family" (Dream 1) JSD "Rezmade" (Rezmade) Nightshield "Nightshield-Kataztrophik" (Nightshield) Shadowyze "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk) |
| Record
of the Year Burning Sky "A Simple Man" (Canyon) Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk) Jim Boyd "Going To The Stick Games" (Thunderwolf) Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SilverWave) Micki Free "The Micki Free Experience" (Island) |
Song/Single
of the Year Jim Boyd 'Fry Bread Line' (Thunderwolf) Jimmy Lee Young 'One Voice One Cry" (Crystal Feather) Qua Ti Si "Darkhorse" (Shadagea) Tiger Tiger "Haya" (TTMusic) Yarina "O-Ja-Ja Native" (Yari) |
| Songwriter
of the Year Annie Humphrey "Edge of America" (Makoche') Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk) Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk) James Seals "James Seals Unplugged" (Plumb) Joy Harjo "Native Joy For Real" (Mekko) |
Best
Spoken Word Recording Gregg Howard "Cherokee Warrior Stories" (Ind Peoples) Mary Louise Defender Wilson "The Way We Are" (Makoche') No Two Horns "A Gallery of Art and Exploits" (Makoche') Red Hawk & Nino Reyos "The Songs Remember" (Mega) Sapokniona White Feather "Master Meditations" ( Hawk) |
| Best
Traditional Recording Clark Tenakhongva "Hear My Song, Hear My Prayer" (Cyn) Eli Secody "Butterfly" (Secody) Ralph Kotay "Kiowa Hymms" (UNP) Randy Wood "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon) Ray and Rhonda "Together As One" (Sunshine) |
Best
Short or Long Form Video Brian Hammill "Spirit Journeys" (Native Spirit) John Two Hawks "Wild Eagles" (Circle Studios) Miller, Shenandoah & Nakai "Songs of the Spirit" (KNME/NAPT) Redtale "Redtale-Live at the Ryman" (EKKO) Walela "Walela Live In Concert" (Rich Heape Films) |
| Best
World Music Recording Brian Hammill "New Beginnings" (Native Spirit) Burnt - Project 1 "The Avenue" (Sunshine) Gale Revilla "Liquid Visions" (Morning Star) Thunderbeat "Mayan Landing 2012" (Thundervision/Choctaw) Yarina "Nawi" (Yari) |
Native
Heart Autumn's Child "Four Winds" (CedarnSage) Kris Delorenzi "Beautiful Great One" Scott August "Sacred Dreams" (Cedar Mesa) Spooky Actions "Songs of the Nations" (Muse Eek) William Eaton Ensemble "Sparks and Embers" (Canyon) |
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