“These nominations all the fashion through all 30 music categories intimate an astounding and distinctive move of both brand-new and established predisposition from our community,” said Awards President Ellen Bello. We are to the nth degree honored to be masterly to disburse b disburse acknowledgement to a music capacious as the current Ritchie Valens and conquest old times major appreciation to worldwide artist, Stevie Salas. We are also honored to own the participation and maintenance of Gil Birmingham as our delineate the host and music trouper Tommy Allsup as a major orthodox presenter. We look dispatch to a spectacular Awards observation operation the broad euphonious escalade of everyday and stock initiatives.”
Tickets also in behalf of the 11th Annual Native American Music Awards are on-sale for the nonce washing one’s hands of all ticketmaster outlets. Anyone interested in voting can take in the Awards websites; foremost www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com. Public voting to come to an end the champion of each classification has for the nonce commenced and is unfolded to the encyclopedic sector. Music from all nominees is currently featured on the audio players on the website.
See less than also in behalf of a span beadroll of sanctioned nominees also in behalf of the 11th Annual Native American Awards:
A ARTIST OF THE YEAR
1. Jan Michael Looking Wolf The Looking Wolf Project (Kalapuya – Grand Ronde Tribes)
3. Arvel Bird Tribal Music Suite, Journey of a Paiute (Southern Paiute)
2. Jana Mashonee New Moon Born (Lumbee)
4. Jim Boyd Harley High (Colville Confederated Tribes)
5.
Tony Redhouse Deep Within (Dine)
B. Kevin Locke Earth Gift (Lakota/Hunkpapa Sioux & Anishinaabe)
6. BEST BLUES RECORDING
1. Dancing In The Rain Graywolf Blues Band (Intertribal)
2. Having A Good Time Now Pappy Johns Band (Iroquois)
4. Devil’s Son Skylar Wolf (Navajo)
3. I Don’t Play By The Rules Gary Small & the Coyote Bros (Northern Cheyenne)
5.
I’ve Been Driftin From Door to Door Jimmy Wolf (Mohawk)
C BEST COMPILATION RECORDING
1. Clear Water Reflections Various Artists (Ute/N Cheyenne/Lakota/Huichol/Ojibwe)
3. Bitter Tears Sacred Ground Joanne Shenandoah & Michael Bucher (Oneida/Cherokee)
2. Come To Me Great Mystery Various Artists (Intertribal)
4.
First Light Golana (Cherokee)
5. Sacred Place Mary Youngblood (Seminole/Aleut)
D BEST COUNTRY RECORDING
1. NBA Vol 1 JSK Presents (Warm Springs/Wasco/Modoc)
6. Live At Totah Theater Desert West (Navajo)
2. Life Aint Hard Ray St Germain (Metis)
3. Rattle Snake Bruce Hamana (Hopi)
5. Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (Cree)
4.
Life Is Calling My Name Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
E DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR
1. Apryl Allen Na Unu Nahai (Shape Shifter) (Comanche)
2. Dawn Avery Tulpe (Mohawk Haudenosaunee)
4. Benjamin Grimes Truth (Dine)
3. Jace Martin Jace Martin (Mohawk)
5. Samantha Crain The Confiscation: A Musical Novella (Choctaw)
6.
Desert West Live At Totah Theater (Navajo)
2. Skylar Wolf Devil’s Son (Navajo)
F DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
1. Jimmy Shendo & Moiety Walking The Life Road (Jemez Pueblo)
3. Lietsoiitah Ye’ii Bi Cheii Singers Lietsoiitah Ye’ii Bi Cheii (Navajo)
4.
Red Hand/White Hand Soothing Spirits (Apache)
6. Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (Cree)
5. Will & Lil Jess Reservation Nights (Oglala Lakota)
G BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1. Annie Humphrey-Jimenez The Sound of Ribbons (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
2.
Joanne Shenandoah Bitter Tears Sacred Ground (Oneida/Cherokee)
4. Jackie Tice Morningsky Drum Song (Cherokee)
3. Joy Harjo Winding Through The Milky Way (Muskogee)
5. Tagaq Auk/Blood (Inuit)
6. Christmas On Turtle Island Jonathon Maracle (Mohawk)
2.
Tinesha Begaye Night of The Northern Lights (Dine’ Navajo)
H BEST FOLK RECORDING
1. Four Wolves Prophecy Atsiaktonkie (St Regis Mohawk)
3. Ink Blots and Random Thoughts Tonemah (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora)
4.
The Confiscation: A Musical Novella Samantha Crain (Choctaw)
6. Papago Warrior P-dub Style Papago Warrior (Tohono O’odham)
5. The Sound of Ribbons Annie Humphrey-Jimenez (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
I FLUTIST OF THE YEAR
1. Bryan Akipa Songs From The Black Hills (Dakota Sioux)
2.
JJ Kent Ta Te’ Topa Win (Lakota)
4. Douglas Blue Feather Sacred Space (Cherokee)
3. Kevin Locke Earth Gift (Lakota/Hunkpapa Sioux & Anishinaabe)
5. Mary Youngblood Sacred Place (Seminole/Aleut)
6.
Carlos Nakai Talisman (Navajo Dine’)
J BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING
1. R. Amazing Grace Lenape Spirits (Cherokee/Mic Mac/Lenape)
2.
For Our Future Cherokee National Youth Choir (Cherokee)
3. Germaine (Cree)
4. Hand of Jesus Yvonne St. Old Country Church Darrell “Boots” McCallum (Cree)
5. The Father’s Dance Broken Walls (Mohawk)
6. Black Lodge Spo Mo Tiin Nan (Blackfeet)
2. The Great Story From The Sacred Book Rain Song/Terry & Darlene Wildman (Ojibwe/Yaqui)
K DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
1.
Brule’ Lakota Piano II (Lower Brule’ Sioux)
3. Eagle & Hawk Sirensong (Ojibway)
4. Rezhogs All Day All Night (Yakama)
6. Primeaux & Mike Peyote Ways (Sioux/Navajo)
5.
Tha Tribe Tha Quiet Storm (Navajo/Menominee / Assinaboine/Pima)
L BEST HISTORICAL RECORDING
1. Blackfeet Legends of Glacier National Park Jack Gladstone (Blackfeet)
2. For Our Future Cherokee National Youth Choir (Cherokee)
4. For The Love of Music Wabs Whitebird (Paq’tn Kek)
3. Molly of the Mohawks Augusta Cecconi Bates (Willow Wind)
5. Native Pride Thunder Hawk Singers (Micmaq/Cree)
6. Dusk To Dawn – Gvwi (Cherokee)
2.
The Cheyenne Dog Soldiers Red Hawk (United Cherokee)
M BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
1. Something About The Awakening (Dine)
3. Tango! Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui)
4. Warriors Last Breath Mike Serna (Apache/Gabrileno)
6. The Looking Wolf Project Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Kalapuya – Grand Ronde Tribes)
5. Works By Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate Jerod Tate & San Francisco Symphony & Chorus (Chickasaw)
N BEST MALE ARTIST
1.
Bryan Akipa Songs From The Black Hills (Dakota Sioux)
2. Gabriel Ayala Portraits (Yaqui)
4. Eli Secody Sunrise Love – Happiness with Wifey Over Coffee (Navajo)
3. Golana First Light (Cherokee)
5. JJ Kent Ta Te’ Topa Win (Lakota)
6.
BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING
1. Michael Bucher Bitter Tears Sacred Ground (Oneida/Cherokee)
O. Faith Kevin Yazzie (Navajo Dine’)
2. Humbly We Pray Delbert Blackhorse (Navajo)
3. Songs of Strength & Beauty Monroe/ByJoe/Turtle/Egawa (Navajo/S Cheyenne/Lummi)
5.
Peyote Ways Primeaux & Mike (Sioux/Navajo)
4. The Gift of Life Nikki Begay (Navajo)
6. Thoughts & Prayers Maxine & Guy Tishie (Navajo)
P BEST NEW AGE RECORDING
1. Generations Brian Hammill (HoChunk)
3. Deep Within Tony Redhouse (Dine)
2.
Lakota Piano II Brule’ (Lower Brule’ Sioux)
4. Sacred Space Douglas Blue Feather (Cherokee)
5. Talisman R. Songs From The Black Hills Bryan Akipa (Dakota Sioux)
6. Carlos Nakai (Navajo Dine’)
Q BEST POP RECORDING
1. A Change Is Gonna Come Jana Mashonee (Lumbee)
2. Jace Martin Jace Martin (Mohawk)
4.
Anywhere Leanne Goose (Dene/Inuvialuit)
3. Na Unu Nahai (Shape Shifter) Apryl Allen (Comanche)
5. No RezErvations Matthew S. To Walk In Beauty Spirit Wing (Munsee)
R BEST POW WOW RECORDING
1. Montour (Mohawk-Kahnawake)
6. Band of Brothers Midnite Express (Ojibway, Sioux, Menominee, Ho-Chunk, Taos Pueblo, Algonquin)
2. Bring Your Feathers In Black Stone (Cree)
3.
November Winds Northern Wind (Ojibway)
5. Faith, Loyalty & Love Youngbird (Pawnee)
4. Red Rock Northern Cree (Cree)
6. Spo Mo Tiin Nan Black Lodge (Blackfeet)
S BEST PRODUCER
1. Eddie Weber Songs of Strength & Beauty
3.
Charles Button & Will Clipman Here & Now
2. Kelly Parker Out Of The Blue
4. Robert Doyle Talisman
5. Wolf’s Robe aka Flute Man Ancient Dreams
T BEST RAP / HIP HOP RECORDING
1. Stevie Salas Be What It Is
6. All Day All Night Rezhogs (Yakama)
2. The Backside Chase Manhattan (Muscogee Creek, Ojibwe)
3.
Bluelight Quese Imc (Pawnee/Seminole)
5. Native Anthem (Yall Aint Know) Sandy & Chris Hunt, Kash Kow, Lou Nice, Chief, Stoney Creek, Charly Lowry, Aaron Locklear
4. The World & Everything In It Team Rezofficial (Cree)
6.
Talisman Wasted Talent N8 (Yakama)
U RECORD OF THE YEAR
1. Earth Gift Kevin Locke (Lakota/Hunkpapa & Anishinaabe)
3. Bitter Tears Sacred Ground Joanne Shenandoah Michael Bucher (Oneida/Cherokee)
2. Na Unu Nahai (Shape Shifter) Apryl Allen (Comanche)
4.
Songs From The Black Hills Bryan Akipa (Dakota Sioux)
5. The Looking Wolf Project Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Kalapuya)
V BEST ROCK RECORDING
1. Songs of the Navajo James Peshlaka (Navajo)
6.
Be What It Is Stevie Salas (Apache)
2. Harley High Jim Boyd (Colville Confedeated Tribes)
3. Sirensong Eagle & Hawk (Ojibway)
5.
Just Another Show Tritt Smith (Navajo)
4. Trial By Design Thirtyseven featuring Gregg Analla (Isleta/Laguna Pueblo)
6. Walking The Life Road Jimmy Shendo & Moiety (Jemez Pueblo)
W SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR
1.
Indian Reservation Michael Searching Bear (Cherokee)
3. A Change Is Gonna Come Jana Mashonee & Derek Miller (Lumbee)
2. Native Americana Keith Secola (Ojibway/Anishnabe)
4. Na Unu Nahai (Shape Shifter) Apryl Allen (Comanche)
5. Witchi Tai To – Joy Harjo (Muskoke)
X SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
1. Riding Free Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida)
6.
Chris Tomes & John Lone Eagle Soothing Spirits (Apache)
2. Darryl Tonemah Ink Blots and Random Thoughts (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora)
3. Gary Small I Don’t Play By The Rules (Northern Cheyenne)
5. Jace Martin Jace Martin (Mohawk)
4. Kris DeLorenzi & Jonathan Maracle The Father’s Dance
6.
Samantha Crain The Confiscation: A Musical Novella (Choctaw)
Y BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING
1. Now Is The Time Sapokniona Whitefeather (Apache)
3. Gift of the Grandchildren Mac Lopez & Grandaughter Kendra Muro (Shoshone/Cherokee)
2.
Songs of the Navajo James Peshlaka (Navajo)
4. The Great Story From The Sacred Book Rain Song/Terry & Darlene Wildman (Ojibwe/Yaqui)
5. These Were Their Words Red Hawk (United Cherokee)
Z BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING
1.
The Story Tellers Ancient Wisdom (Abnaki)
6. It Is A New Day Oshkii Giizhik Singers (Intertribal)
2. Kontiwennenhбwi(Carriers of Words) Ratirista Kehronon – Skywalkers (Awkesasne Mohawk)
3. Lietsoiitah Ye’ii Bi Cheii Lietsoiitah Ye’ii Bi Cheii Singers (Navajo)
5. Lenape Spirits Wind Spirit Drum (Cherokee/Mic Mac/Lenape)
4.
Okeymow Maskiki II Shanise (Cree)
6. Traditional Shoe Game Songs Porcupine Singers (Navajo)
AA BEST SHORT OR LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
1. Don’t Forget About Me Michael Bucher (Cherokee)
3.
A Change Is Gonna Come Jana Mashonee (Lumbee)
2. I Am Donna Kay (Mиtis)
4. Movin On Charly Lowry/Aaron Locklear (Lumbee)
5.
The Legend of Tillamook’s Gold Jan Michael Looking Wolf & Floyd Westerman
BB BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING
1. Life Is Calling My Name Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
6. Allegro Gabriel Ayala (Yoeme)
2.
Ceremony Michael Searching Bear (Cherokee)
3. Tango! Gabriel Ayala (Yoeme)
5. Portraits Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui)
4. Tribal Music Suite, Journey of a Paiute Arvel Bird (Southern Paiute)
6. Winding Through The Milky Way Joy Harjo (Muskoke)
CC NATIVE HEART (Non-Native Artist)
1. Leatham Resonance Ancient Sounds
2. Gary F.
Colby Thomas Colby Thomas Sings Molly Brant in Molly & The Mohawks
3. Jan Seiden Memory Of Time
4. Michael Brant DeMaria Siyotanka
6. Jonny Lipford Cross Roads: The Beginning of a Brand New Day
5.
Scott Tweedie Seeking Vision
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