Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 16, 2007

Congratulations to NAMMY winners


Congratulations to Keith Secola, Floyd Westerman and all of the winners at the Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards. Here's the complete list of winners:
News articles on Cherokee National Youth Choir, Pipestone, Corn-Bred, Brule, Night Shield and others:
Photo: Keith Secola and Floyd Westerman, with memers of Secola's band, at the Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas in 2006 at San Xavier, Ariz. Photo Brenda Norrell
NINTH ANNUAL WINNERS 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”

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