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For Immediate Release
2022 NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES
21 Album Categories
Single Categories & Music Videos to be announced Wednesday, January 19, 2022
(All Recordings Released from 2019 through 2021)
ALBUM CATEGORY NOMINEES:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Aaron White (Navajo/Ute) - Moonlight Love Songs
Connor Chee (Navajo) - Scenes from Dine’tah
Fawn Wood (Cree and Salish ) - Kakike
Irv Lyons, Jr (Oneida) - Private Invitation
Jace Martin (Iroquois Mohawk) - Rainboworld
Kelly Derrickson (First Nations) - I Am
R. Carlos Nakai (Dine/Ute) - Nocturne
Sten Joddi (Mvskoke Creek Nation of Oklahoma) - It’s A Native Thang
BEST DEBUT ARTIST
Charles Joseph Woods III (Saddle Lake Cree Nation/Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation) - Honest To You
Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) - Music is Medicine
Julian Taylor (Mohawk-Kahnwake) - The Ridge
Matthew Hawk (Navajo) - Overcome
Melody McArthur (Cree (Nehiyawak) - Rising Waters
Mike Bern (Tobique First Nation) - Waponahkew
Zachariah Julian (Jicarilla Apache) - Oblique
BEST DEBUT GROUP OR DUO
Aterosera - Bear Fox (Mohawk Nation) and Mignon Geli
Alton Tsosie with Lincoln Josley (Navajo) - Beneath the Canyon Falls - Songs of the Native American Church
Ancient Voices (Choctaw/Cherokee) - Under Open Sky
Blue Flamez & YL - (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) - Warrior
Jason Lee Wilson James County (Cherokee) - Tennessee
The Breakwater Band (Alutiiq) - Returning
The Buffalo Weavers (Dakota) - The Dark Is Getting Bright
Todi Neesh Zhee & The Martin Sisters (Dine/Navajo) - Epiphany
BEST GROUP/DUO OF THE YEAR
Blackbird (Cherokee/Dakota/Yaqui) - Rebirth, Part 1
Black Lodge Singers (Blackfeet) - My Relatives - Nikso’Kowaiks
Crazy Flute (Cherokee) - Rise
Eagle & Hawk Liberty (Ojibway) - Eagle & Hawk
The GroovaLottos (Mashpee Wampanoag) - A Taste of Things
The Ripcords (Onondaga Nation) - Unmasked
Twin Flames (Inuit, Mohawk/Metis) - Omen
Young Spirit - Angel Eagle - Cree Round Dance Songs
BEST FEMALE VOCALIST
Ava Rose Johnson (Osage/Cherokee) - There’s A Boy
Callie Bennett (Navajo, Dine’) - Navajo Gospel Hymns Vol. 1 Priceless Treasures
Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) - Music is Medicine
Fawn Wood (Cree and Salish ) - Kakike
G Precious - The Forgotten (Ohkay Owingeh)
Melody McArthur (Cree (Nehiyawak) - Rising Waters
The Martin Sisters (Dine/Navajo) - Epiphany
Yvonne St. Germaine (Cree) - Sorrow Road
BEST MALE VOCALIST
Irv Lyons, Jr (Oneida) - Private Invitation
Jace Martin (Mohawk) - Rainboworld
Julian Taylor (Mohawk-Kahnwake) - The Ridge
JUQ (Oglala Lakota) - NYA
Ryan Little Eagle (Lakota/Taino) - Chronicles
Spur Pourier (Oglala Lakota) - Shining So Bright
Sten Joddi (Mvskoke Creek Nation of Oklahoma) - It’s A Native Thang
Zachariah Julian (Jicarilla Apache) - Oblique
BEST COUNTRY RECORDING
Chronicles - Ryan Little Eagle (Lakota/Tiano)
Music is Medicine - Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Secret - Billy Simard (Ojibwe)
Shenandoah Country - Joanne Shenandoah (Iroquois-Oneida)
Shine - Leah Belle (Metis)
Tennessee - Jason Lee Wilson James County (Cherokee)
There’s A Boy - Ava Rose Johnson (Osage/Cherokee)
The Ridge -Julian Taylor (Mohawk-Kahnwake)
BEST BLUES RECORDING
Double Down - Twice As Good (Pomo)
A Taste of Things - The GroovaLottos (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Oblique - Zachariah Julian (Jicarilla Apache)
Take A Stand - Blue Dog (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Sioux)
The Rez Hummingbird - Ramonda Holiday (Navajo)
The Roof Is Leaking - Earl Slick and the West Side Social Club (Onondaga)
Unmasked - The Ripchords (Onondaga)
BEST FOLK/AMERICANA RECORDING
Aurora 12 - Sandra Sutter (Metis)
Better - Koli Kohler (Yurok, Karuk, Hupa)
Carlisle - Alex Castillo (Arawaw/Taino)
I Am - Kelly Derrickson (First Nations)
Music is Medicine - Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Overcome - Matthew Hawk (Navajo)
The Ridge -Julian Taylor (Mohawk-Kahnwake)
Waponahkew - Mike Bern (Tobique First Nation)
BEST FLUTE RECORDING
All My Blessings - Dail Dragonfly Martin (Huron, Wyandot, Micmac)
Bibigwan: The Flute - Darren Thompson (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe)
Chronicles - Ryan Little Eagle (Lakota/Taino)
Love, Life, Journey - Songs of the Native American Flute - Jonah Littlesunday
Moonlight Love Songs - Aaron White (Navajo/Ute)
Nocturne - R. Carlos Nakai (Dine/Ute)
Rise - Crazy Flute
Seventh Generation Healing: PIne Ridge Flute Society Volume Two - Pine Ridge Flute Society (Oglala Lakota)
BEST CHRISTIAN/INSPIRATIONAL PERFORMANCE (*New Category)
I Will Survive - Shawn Michael Perry (Maya)
I Won’t Stop Contending - Kelly Montijo Fink (Apache)
My Anthology - Ellson Bennett (Navajo Diné)
Navajo Gospel Hymns Vol. 1 Priceless Treasures - Callie Bennett (Navajo, Dine’)
Sorrow Road - Yvonne St. Germaine (Cree)
Struggle We Go Through - Lordside Movement
Victory Highway - Richelle Darby Garcia
We Are Calling - Akitchitay (Yukayeke Mayohuacan Taino)
BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING
Admirations Quest - Dewey Gonnie (Navajo)
‘Azee’ Diyin - Anthony Benally (Kinyaa’aanii)
Beneath the Canyon Falls - Songs of the Native American Church - Alton Tsosie with Lincoln Josley
Continuation Songs II - Martinez Lee Sr. With Jerome Myers (Navajo/Dine)
Peyote Songs - The Rock (Navajo)
Remedy - Quinton Gonnie (Navajo)
Remembering Our Elders - Jarvis Hunter (Navajo)
Whispering in the Night - Donjay Nelson (Navajo)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
All My Blessings - Dail Dragonfly Martin (Huron, Wyandot, Micmac)
Handpan Music for a Pandemic - Randy Granger (Mayan/Apache)
Moonlight Love Songs - Aaron White (Navajo/Ute)
Nocturne - R. Carlos Nakai (Dine/Ute)
Rise - Crazy Flute (Cherokee)
Scenes from Dine’tah - Connor Chee (Navajo)
Taking Flight - Painted Raven (Cherokee/Lakota)
Under Open Sky - Ancient Voices (Choctaw/Cherokee)
POP RECORDING
Apocalyptic Teens - RainbowStar (Yankton Sioux)
Aurora 12 - Sandra Sutter (Metis)
Blessed - Blue Flamez (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)
Eagle & Hawk Liberty - Eagle & Hawk (Ojibway)
Hourglass to Ebullience - Rellik (Metis)
Omen - Twin Flames (Inuit, Mohawk/Metis)
Rainboworld - Jace Martin (Mohawk Iroquois)
Rising Waters - Melody McArthur (Cree (Nehiyawak)}
BEST R&B RECORDING
A Taste of Things - The GroovaLottos (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Hourglass to Ebullience - Rellik (Metis)
Dimensions - Antoine (Lakota/ UMOnHOn)
Hometown - Bigg B (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)
Land Bass - Shibastik (Moose Cree First Nation)
The Rez Hummingbird - Ramonda Holiday (Navajo)
Game Time - Blue Flamez X Kaos - (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs of Oregon)
NYA - JUQ (Oglala Lakota)
BEST RAP HIP HOP RECORDING
3 Eye Hip - Joey Stylez (Cree)
Blessed - Blue Flamez (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)
Brown Fist Emoji (Enoch Cree) - Brown Fist Emoji
Can I Get It - Artson (Tarahumara)
It’s A Native Thang - Sten Joddi (Mvskoke Creek Nation of Oklahoma)
Rez Life - Nick Lone (Seneca)
Temple of the Witch King - Maniac: The Siouxpernatural (Cheyenne River Sioux)
The Forgotten - G Precious (Ohkay Owingeh)
ROCK RECORDING
A Lakota’s Perspective - The Litter (Hopi)
Ancestral Legacy - War Bonnet (Ojibwe)
Billy Jack Style - NDN Soul (Chickasaw/Cherokee)
Eagle & Hawk Liberty - Eagle & Hawk (Ojibway)
Leathers and Feathers - The Johnnys (Cree/Denesoline)
Rock & Roll City - Midnight Sparrows (Fort McKay First Nation)
Private Invitation - Irv Lyons, Jr (Oneida)
Pretendians - Pretendians (Lakota/Dakota)
BEST POW WOW / DRUM SONGS RECORDING
Angel Eagle - Cree Round Dance Songs - Young Spirit
Honest To You - Charles Joseph Woods III (Saddle Lake Cree Nation/Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation)
Kakike - Fawn Wood (Cree and Salish )
My Relatives - Nikso’Kowaiks - Black Lodge Singers (Blackfeet)
Not Looking Back - Faran Sohappy (Yakama)
Past, Present and Future - Mandaree Singers (Arikara/Hidatsa/Cree/Redband of Chippewas)
BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING
Aterosera - Bear Fox (Mohawk Nation) and Mignon Geli
Epiphany - Todi Neesh Zhee & The Martin Sisters (Dine/Navajo)
Honest To You - Charles Joseph Woods III (Saddle Lake Cree Nation/Umatilla)
Joyful Journey - Joe Tohonnie Jr. & Friends (Apache)
Kakike - Fawn Wood (Cree and Salish )
Lore of the Ancients - Louie Gonnie (Navajo/Zuni)
Not Looking Back - Faran Sohappy (Yakama)
Shining So Bright - Spur Pourier (Oglala Lakota)
Takata - Warfield Moose Jr (Lakota)
BEST WAILA RECORDING
2020 - Cruz (Tohono O’odham)
For You - Southern Mumsigo (Tohono O’odham)
Just Getting Started - Dust Till Dawn (Tohono O’odham)
Our Passion - Papago Warrior (Tohono O’odham)
This Light - D. Faktion Nyne (Tohono O’odham)
Tribal Harmony - Intertribal (Tohono O’odham)
Versatile 3 Peat - Famous Ones (Tohono O’odham)
NATIVE HEART RECORDING
All Life Springs From Water - Wolfsheart
Distant Lands - Gera & T.M
Doin' The Best I Can - Janet Altice
Into The Woods - Morton Jones
There's A Boy- Billy Dawson
Two World’s - Steven Newton
Vision Quest - Bearheart Kokopelli
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