5th Annual NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES And winners
designates winner
Artist of the Year |
Best Blues Recording![]() ) 2. "Like A Tornado" Greg Serrato (J-Bird) 3. "Rainy" Blackhawk Blues Band (BH )4. "Twice As Good” Red Man Blues (Yani) 5. "Wild Indians" Gary Small Band (Medicine Tail) |
Best Compilation Recording Various Artists 1. "Buffalo Spirit" (Turtle Island) 2. "Enter Tribal" (Canyon) ![]() 4. "Red Nation Celebration" (Red Nation) 5. "Tribal Dreams" (Earth Beat!) |
Debut Artist/Group of the Year 1. Blackhawk Blues Band "Rainy" (BH) 2. Cherokee National Children's Choir "Voices of the Creator's Children"(CN) 3. Crystal-Phoneix "Apache" (FL) ![]() 5. Micki Free "Gypsy Cowboy" (True Native) |
Best Female Artist 1. Cherokee Rose & Silena "Balanced By Tradition" (Sunshine )2. Karen Therese "Warrior of the Heart" (Red Feather/Paras) 3. Martha Redbone "Home of the Brave" (Blackfeet) ![]() 5. Tanya Brown "Tonto's Fury" (CR) |
Best Folk/Country Artist1 "A Tribute To Hank Williams" Ernest Monias (Sunshine )2. "Birdstock: Fiddle Tunes For The Birds" Arvel Bird (Singing Wolf) 3. "From Pow Wows To Honky Tonks" The Wolf River Band (WRB) 4. "I Will Bring You Near" Tom Jackson (Tomali) ![]() |
Flutist of the Year 1. Bryan Akipa "Eagle Dreams" (Makoche') 2. Eddie Three Eagles "Attack On America" (Manitou) 3. Mary Youngblood "Beneath The Raven Moon" (Silver Wave) ![]() 5. Xavier Quijas Yxayotl "Singing Earth" (Canyon) |
Gospel/Christian Recording (New Category) 1. "A Wonderful Place" J.B. Dreadfulwater & The Cherokee Choir (CS) 2. "Contagious" Jim Felix (Soar) 3. "Gig In The Sky" Triple Cross (Talkalai) 4. "Mystical Warrior" Verdell Primeaux (Cool Runnings) 5. "Rain Manna Rain" Murphy Platero & Hidden Manna (CPR Music) ![]() |
Duo/Group of the Year1. ![]() 2. Black Lodge "It's Been A Long Time Comin'" (Canyon) 3. Native Roots "Rain Us Love" (Soar)4 . Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike "Bless The People" (Canyon)5 . Yarina "Inspiration" (Yari) |
Best Historical Recording 1. "Children's Songs in the Cherokee Language" Lisa LaRue w/ Anna Huckaby (CN) 2. "Lakota Drum" Earl Bullhead (Soar) 3. "Lakota Sundance Songs" James Ironshell (Cool Runnings) 4. "My Relatives Say" Mary Louise Defender Wilson (Makoche) ![]() |
Best Independent Recording 1. "Arianna Rain” Steel River (SR) ![]() 3. "Dakota Skies" David Lohnes, Jr. (Shake Your Feathers )4. "Freedom" Redhawk (Red Turtle) 5. "The Only Bridge" Sherry Marquelle' (Shmar) 6. "Midnight" Brad Clonch (6DR) |
Best Instrumental Recording 1. "Birdstock: Fiddle Tunes For The Birds" Arvel Bird (Singing Wolf) 2. "Inspiration" Yarina (Yari) 3. "Medicine Rapids" Corny Michel (Turtle Island) ![]() 5. "Under One Sky" Various Artists (Red Feather/Paras) |
Best Male Artist 1. Bryan Akipa "Eagle Dreams" (Makoche') 2. Edmund Bull "End of the Trail" (Turtle Island) 3. Gary Small "Wild Indians" (Medicine Tail) ![]() 5. Randy Wood "Round Dance The Night Away" (Canyon) |
Best New Age Recording![]() 2. "Blue Corn, Red Earth" Ronald Roybal (RRM) 3. "Medicine Dog" Coyote Zen (Paw) 4. "Red Medicine Dance" William Two Feather (NASP) 5. "Through Windows And Walls" Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai (SW) |
Best Pop/Rock Recording 1. "Brother" Nadjiwan (Heading Nort h)2. "Bury Me" Qua Ti Si (Shadegea) 3. "Gypsy Cowboy” Micki Free (True Native) ![]() )5. "Tribal” Dying Tribe (Tribal Relic) |
Best Pow Wow Recording 1. "'N Action" Tha Tribe (Canyon) 2. "Dark Realm" Nakoda Lodge (Sunshine) 3. "Double Platinum" Northern Cree/Youngbird (Canyon) ![]() 5. "Weasel Tail's Dream" Black Lodge Singers (Canyon) |
Best Producer 1. David Swenson "My Relatives Say" (Makoche) 2. Don Fleming "One Nation Under" (Tacoho) 3. Forrest "Frosty" Lawson "Trail of Tears" (Tomahawk) ![]() 5. T. Wassinger & James Marienthal "The Prophecy Of The Eagle & The Condor" (SW) |
Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording 1. "Freedom Is A State Of Mind” Corporate Avenger (Suburban Noize )2. "From Pieces To A Puzzle" Full Ephekt (Sunshine) 3. "Injunuity" Julian B (Hot Commodity) 4. "TNT" Natay (Soar) ![]() |
Record of the Year![]() 2. "Eagle Cries" Joanne Shenandoah (Red Feather/Paras) 3. "Star People" Brule' (Soar) 4. "Spirit Walk" Howard Lyons (Soar) 5. "Home of the Brave" Martha Redbone (Blackfeet) |
Song/Single of the Year 1. 'Kokopelli Blues' Keith Secola (Akina) ![]() 3. 'Midnight In The Desert' Crystal Gayle 4. 'Trail of Tears' Felipe Rose (Tomahawk) 5. 'Until The Eagle Falls II' Janice - Marie (Tastebuds) |
Songwriter of the Year![]() 2. Karen Therese "Warrior Of the Heart" (Red Feather/Paras) 3. Jim Boyd "Alter Natives" (Thunderwolf) 4. Paul LaRoche "Star People" (Soar) 5. Howard Lyons "Spirit Walk" (Soar) |
Best Short or Long Form Video 1. Janice - Marie "Until The Eagle Falls" (Tastebuds) 2. Lorrie Church "Running Away" (EagleHill) 3. Litefoot "The Messenger" (Red Vinyl) 4. Martha Redbone 'Vineyard' (Blackfeet) ![]() |
Best Spoken Word Recording 1. "A Powwow Summer Across North America" Dr. Lita Mathews (GON) 2. "In A Good Way" Kenneth Little Hawk (MSR) 3. "Inchworm" The Pheasant Brothers (Shadega) ![]() )5. "Talk Indian Dammet" David Little Elk (Hehaka7) |
Best Traditional Recording![]() 2. "Chants Of Happiness" Delbert Blackhorse (Cool Runnings) 3. "Seed of Life" Radmilla Cody (Canyon) 4. "Tonto's Fury" Tanya Brown (Cool Runnings) 5. "Whispering Winds" Grady Shadow Hawk Jones (Singing Wolf) |
Best World Music Recording 1. "Inspiration" Yarina (Yari) 2. "Native Brotherhood" Ruben Romero & Robert Tree Cody (New Earth) ![]() 4. "Singing Earth" Xavier Quijas Yxayotl (Canyon) 5. "The Prophecy Of The Eagle & The Condor" Tito La Rosa (Silver W) |
Native Heart 1. Bruce Cockburn, "Eagle Cries" (Red Feather/Paras) 2. Jeff Ball, "Prairie Runner" (Red Feather/Paras) 3. Joey Ramone, "One Nation Under" (Tacoho) ![]() 5. Scott August "Distant Spirits" (Cedar Mesa) |
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