Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel
Niagara Falls, NY

Nomination Submission forms for the Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards are now available to both members and non-members.  Anyone interested in submitting a recording or recordings for nomination consideration must do so by registering as an Advisory Board Member and then submitting a recording that falls withing the 2008 Eligibility Guidelines.  Please click on the following link to download both a membership application and nomination submission form. files/Microsoft_Word_-_NAMA_NEW_MEMBERSHIP_APPLICATIONr10thAnnual.pdf

 ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Arvel Bird “Animal Totems 2”


BEST BLUES JAZZ RECORDING
Corn-Bred “Corn-Bred”

BEST COMPILATION RECORDING
“Heart of the Navajo Land” Various

DEBUT ARTIST 
Shelley Morningsong “Out Of The Ashes”

DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Women of Wabano “Voices”

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Susan Aglukark “Blood Red Earth”

BEST COUNTRY RECORDING 
“A Tribute To Johnny Cash” Floyd Red Crow Westerman

BEST FOLK RECORDING
“Welcome To Your Rainy Day” Tonemah 


FLUTIST OF THE YEAR
Robert Tree Cody “Heart of the Wind”

BEST GOSPEL OR INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING
“Comfort & Joy” Cherokee National Youth Choir


DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Brule’ & AIRO “Silent Star Night” 


BEST HISTORICAL RECORDING
“Remember Me Grandfather: Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs” Wahancanka

BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
“Alluvia” Evren Ozan

BEST MALE ARTIST
Robert Mirabal “Pueblo Christmas”

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING
“Voice of a Dakota” Gerald Primeaux, Sr

BEST NEW AGE RECORDING 
“Kinship” Brule’

BEST POP RECORDING 
“American Indian Story” Jana

BEST ROCK RECORDING
“Crazy Woman Mountain” Gary Small & The Coyote Bros


BEST POW WOW RECORDING
“Long Winter Nights” Northern Cree & Friends


BEST PRODUCER
Tom Bee “Voice of the Drum”


BEST RAP/HIP HOP RECORDING
“The Total Package” Night Shield


RECORD OF THE YEAR
“Good Ol’ Fashioned NDN Lovin’” Pipestone


SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR
‘Have Hope’ Jennifer Kreisberg


BEST LINGUISTIC RECORDING 
“Anishinabemoin” Keith Secola & Karen Drift 


BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING
“Dancers of Mother Earth” Todi Neesh Zhee Singers


SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Arigon Starr “The Red Road” 


BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO/DVD 
Inchelium - Jim Boyd

BEST LONG FORM VIDEO/DVD 
“The Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy” Rich Heape Films


BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING
“Cultural Legacy: Traditional Music from Equador & Bolivia”


NATIVE HEART
Peter Buffett “Spirit – The Seventh Fire” 


Winners were selected by a combined vote from Advisory Board Members and the general public. All nominees were voted upon by N.A.M.A.’s national Advisory membership and were selected among an impressive collection of over 200 national contemporary and traditional music recordings submitted for nomination consideration earlier this year. Winners of the Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards will be determined through N.A.M.A. membership print ballots and an online national voting campaign open to the general public through a listen and vote system posted on the Awards website.

The Native American Music Awards, Inc. is the country’s leading membership-based Native American music association composed of industry professionals, musicians, programmers, producers, engineers and other professionals dedicated to promoting and preserving Native American music throughout the United States and around the world. The Native American Music Awards and Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel extend their sincerest congratulations to all this year’s nominees.


NOMINEES BY NAME:

Aaron White “Blue Stone”
Allenroy Paquin “Lizard Tracks”
Amo Chip Dabney “Beyond Words”
Arigon Starr (3) “The Red Road”
Art Napoleon “Miyoskamin”
Arvel Bird & One Nation (2) ‘Mother Earth’
Arvel Bird (1) “Animal Totems 2”
Arvel Bird, William Eaton, Mary Redhouse, Will Clipman “Ananeah”
Black Eagle “Voice of the Drum”
Black Raven “First Flight”
Blackhorse Mitchell “Where Were You When I Was Single? Old-Time Sheepherder Songs”
Blackstone “A Time For Change”
Blue Dog “A Little White Lie”
Brad Clonch “Finding Windsong”
Brian Hammill (2) “Formations of Life: Today’s Story of the Hoop Dance”
Brian Stoner “With Love & Faith We Pray”
Brule’ & AIRO (3) “Silent Star Night”
Brule’ (1) “Kinship”
Carroll Medicine Crow “Spirit Journey”
Cherokee National Youth Choir “Comfort & Joy”
Cocoa Creppel & Cannes Brulees “Raising Cane”
Corn-Bred (2) “Corn-Bred”
Daniel Hicks “First Flight”
David Claude Rogers “Songs of Joy & Comfort”
David Nighteagle ”Torn From The Heart – The Journey”
Dawk Karima Pettigrew “The Worship of Angels”
Denise Becenti “Morning Blessings”
Digging Roots “Seeds”
Donna Kay (2) “The Journey”
Douglas Blue Feather (2) “Heal The Earth”
E. Cabezudo, J. Parodi, J. Juarez, The Whisper “Kokopelli’s Soul”
Eagle & Hawk “Life Is…”
Echo Greywolf “Under A Lavender Moon”
Eli Secody “Rhythm of a Songmaker”
Elk Soldier “A Soldier’s Dream”
Evren Ozan (2) “Alluvia”
Exit Wound (2) “The Native Axeman Cometh”
Floyd Red Crow Westerman “A Tribute To Johnny Cash”
Gale Revilla “Whispering Winds On The Red Road”
Gary Small & The Coyote Bros “Crazy Woman Mountain”
Gerald Primeaux, Sr “Voice of a Dakota”
Gil Silverbird ‘Wasteland’
Glen Ahhaitty “True Lies From The Road”
Jamie Coon (2) “Everything So Far”
Jan Michael Looking Wolf (2) “Introduction & Techniques of the Native American Flute”
Jana (4) “American Indian Story”
Jay Begaye “The Colorful World”
Jay Nez “Do U Wanna Dance”
Jennifer Kreisberg ‘Have Hope’
Jim Boyd Band (4) “Live At Two Rivers”
Jim Felix “Keep The Faith”
Jimmy Lee Young “Anduhyaun”
Joe Tohonnie Jr “As Long As I Can See The Light” Joe Tohonnie Jr.
John Two-Hawks “Come To The Fire”
John Two-Hawks and Bastiaan (2) ”Touch The Wind”
Johnny P Curtis “Rhythm Spirit of Native Life”
JSK (3) “Smoke Signals
Keith Secola & Karen Drift (2) “Anishinabemoin”
Kelly Parker “In Loving Memory”
Living Stone “Spirit Whisper”
Marc Cary “Focus”
Mary Youngblood (2) “Dance With The Wind”
Medicine Tail “We Sing For You”
Meewasin Oma “In Loving Memory”
Michael Bucher (2) “Seven”
Michael Jacobs (2) “The Journey”
Moontee Sinquah “Soul Force”
Native Era “Where We Are”
New Harvest “Out of This World”
Night Shield (2) “The Total Package”
Noel Starblanket “Starblanket: A Spirit Journey”
Northern Cree & Friends “Long Winter Nights”
Northern Cree “Stay Red”
Ohwisha “Healing Winds”
Paul LaRoche(1) “Kinship”
Perry Botone Jr, O.J. LittleCook, Stephen LittleCook “Ceremonial Songs From Oklahoma”
Peter Buffett, Chief Hawk Pope (2) “Spirit – The Seventh Fire”
Peter Phippen “Shadows of Dawn”
Pima Express “Time Waits For No One” Pima Express
Pipestone (3) “Good Ol’ Fashioned NDN Lovin’”
Primeaux & Mike “The Voice Within”
R. Carlos Nakai “Reconnections”
Radmilla Cody (2) “Precious Friends: Songs for Children”
Raven Hernandez (2) “Ceremony”
Ray Villebrun & Red Blaze “Been Awhile”
Red Bull “Ami Nicimos”
Redheart “Indian Summer”
Rich Heape Films “The Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy”
Robert Mirabal (2) “Pueblo Christmas”
Robert Tree Cody (2) “Heart of the Wind”
Rollin Fox “Worldwide”
Ronald Roybal “The Blood Cries Out”
Sakoieta’ Widrick “Return To The Waters”
Sarah Hindsley “Sarah Hindsley”
Shadowyze “Bumpy Roads”
Shakti Hayes “Touchwood Hills”
Shane Patterson “Native American Church Songs”
Shelley Morningsong (4) “Out Of The Ashes”
Slidin’ Clyde Roulette Band “Let’s Take A Ride”
South Thunderbird “Tough Go”
Spirit Wing “Flutes, Drums & Guitars”
Stephan Galfas & Alex Salzman “American Indian Story”
Stephen Butler “Reconnections”
Susan Aglukark (3) “Blood Red Earth”
Talibah Begay (2) “Talibah Traditional Songs”
Tamara Podemski (3) ‘Meegwetch’
Teddy & Eddy “Rarennenhá:wi”
Tha Birds of Prey “Blow Tha Track Out”
The A.I.M. Featuring Blue Eagle ”Contents Under Pressure”
The Plateros “The Plateros”
Thoz Womenz (2) “Cherokee Language Preservation”
Tiger Tiger “Native To This Country”
Tim Yett & Jan Michael Looking Wolf “Breath Maker”
Todi Neesh Zhee Singers “Dancers of Mother Earth”
Tom Bee “Voice of the Drum”
Tommy Wildcat “Cherokee Flutes”
Tonemah (2) “Welcome To Your Rainy Day”
Various (2) “Cultural Legacy: Traditional Music from Equador & Bolivia”
Various “20 Aboriginal Hits” Various
Various “Heart of the Navajo Land” Various
Various “Starblanket Soundtrack”
Various “Together We Sing In Beauty Vol II”
Various “Winter Solstice-Save The Peaks” Various
Victoria Gardner & RISE Students “HAWK Reloaded: Honoring Ancient Wisdom & Knowledge”
Viento De Los Andes (2) ”Thoughts”
Visionary “Visionary”
W.T. Goodspirit “Give Me A Sign”
Wade Fernandez (2) “4 The People”
Wahancanka “Remember Me Grandfather: Lakota Pipe & Ceremonial Songs”
Whitehawk & Crowe “Wikiwam Ahsin”
Women of Wabano (2) “Voices”
Yellow Hammer “In Memory of Perry Lee Botone”
Yolanda Martinez “America”