10TH   Anniversary Year
CELEBRATING A DECADE OF DEDICATION
On behalf of our national membership and entire organization, we thank each and every one of you 
for your support and contributions over the past ten years.

Welcome to the official website of the Native American Music Awards, NAMA, or home of “The Nammys” - an  ultimate celebration of music honoring the outstanding achievements of today’s leading Native American artists.  

Tenth Annual 
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
Saturday, October 4, 2008
at the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, NY

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH ALL TICKETMASTER OUTLETS
PASSPORT NOW REQUIRED TO ENTER CANADIAN SIDE OF THE FALLS
NEAREST AIRPORT: BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL
NEAREST CITIES: BUFFALO & TORONTO, ONTARIO

NEW SUBMISSION FORMS & 2008 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE & DUE NOW!

Click Here For A Submission Form (Need Adobe Reader):

10th_Annual_Submission_Form.pdf

You can also request a copy via email Nammys@aol.com

To Submit A Recording For Nomination Consideration:
Please visit our store to register as a 2008 professional recording industry member (or download our membership application) of the Native American Music Association, if you would like to submit a recording for nomination consideration or participate in our national voting campaign. 

Tenth Annual Awards Submission Deadline is this week.
Eligibility Period for Recordings Released
December 31, 2006 to December 31, 2007

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The World's Leading Resource for Contemporary and Traditional Native American Music Initiatives & Membership based association for Native American musicians. The absolute largest Native American Music Library in the World and with a national archive featuring a collection of over 7000 audio and video recordings in all formats housed since 1990.

HOST:



Over 30 music players on this website  featuring music tracks in each Awards category totalling over 10,000 hours of Native American Music released in 2007.

-TOP COUNTRIES CURRENTLY VISITING OUR WEBSITE (in ranking order):
U.S.
Canada
Germany
Great Britan
Poland
Japan
Australia
Hungary
Netherlands
Italy
Brazil
Spain
Peru
Sweden 
Thailand

THE SHOW:

· Each year the annual Awards show program features over one dozen mesmerizing and dynamic performances by some of today’s leading Native American artists along with awards presentations in over 30 categories including; Lifetime Achievement and Hall of Fame.
· The Awards show is an extraordinary and unprecedented celebration of today’s best contemporary and traditional musical performances and recordings by Native American artists.
· The Awards program is an innovative, visually advanced production using prerecorded music of the nominees, voice over, live presentations and performances, and IMAG and large screen imaging. This critically acclaimed Music Awards show and its high production values have been featured in Billboard Magazine, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, NY Times, Boston Globe, and CNN.

HISTORY:

· The highly anticipated annual awards show program debuted in 1998 at Foxwoods in Conneticut and drew its first audience of 1500 people in the Northeast. It has since been held throughout the country in cities such as; Albuquerque, Milwaukee, Ft Lauderdale and has drawn its largest audiences in the Southwest and most recently in the Northeast
· Based on ticket sales, an estimated 43 % of our audience travel from all across the country to attend our shows. 
- The Native American Music Awards logo features an emblemed music note with an Eagle Feather as the cleff and Mother Earth's Turtle Island as the base of the note.  
-A Record Number of recordings were submitted for Nomination Consideration in the Ninth Annual Native American Music Awards - Over 200 Recordings. The first annual awards show featured 56 national recordings with a mission and obligation to showcase and bring music from the reservations to larger audiences.


NOMINATION & VOTING PROCESS:

· The Awards show honors national recordings that have been released in the previous calendar year. Nominees are submitted and selected by our national Advisory membership consisting of individuals directly involved in recording, manufacturing, distributing and promoting Native American music nationally.
· Winners are selected by a combined vote by our national membership and the general public who can listen and vote to the tracks of our nominees on our website
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