2004/05

WINNERS

Artist of the Year

NAM

Litefoot 

"Native American Me" 

(Red Vinyl)

  MAIC  

Best Blues/Jazz Recording 

 

 

Cecil Gray & Red Dawn Blues Band 

"Indian Harmony" 

(CG)

  MAIC  

Best Compilation Recording 

Various Artists

 

Northern Cree & Friends 

"Honoring Singers & Songmakers Vol 2" 

(Cyn)

  MAIC  

Debut Artist/Group of the Year 

 

 

Jay Nez 

"My Family" 

(Dream 1)

  MAIC  

Best Female Artist 

 

 

Yolanda Martinez  

"Native Heartbeat" 

(Legends Alive)

  MAIC  

Best Folk/Country Recording 

 

Qua Ti Si  

"Through Indian Eyes" 

(Shadagea)

  MAIC  

Flutist of the Year

 

Billy Whitefox  

"When The Wind Sings" 

(Singing Wolf)

  MAIC  

Gospel/Christian Recording

 

Rezawrecktion  

"It's Time" 

(Lions Den)

  MAIC  

Duo/Group of the Year

 

Blackfire  

"Woody Guthrie Singles" 

(Tacoho)

  MAIC  

Best Historical Recording

 

Cozad  

"California Pow Wow" 

(Soar)

  MAIC  

Best Independent Recording

 

Stan Summers

"Walkin' n Fire" 

(CPR)

  MAIC  

Best Instrumental Recording

 

Joseph Firecrow w Billings Symphony 

"Signature - Parmly's Dream" 

(P)

  MAIC  

Best Male Artist

 

Eli Secody 

"Butterfly" 

(Secody)

  MAIC  

Best New Age Recording

 

Douglas Blue Feather 

"Star Nations" 

(Spirit Hawk)

  MAIC  

Best Pop/Rock Recording

 

The 9 Featuring Micki Free 

"Ruff Masters" 

(Island)

  MAIC  

Best Pow Wow Recording

 

Black Lodge, Star Society, 

Mocassin Flats 

"Blackfoot Pow Wow"

  MAIC  

Best Producer

 

Tom Wasinger & Mary Youngblood 

"Feed The Fire" 

(SWave)

  MAIC  

Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording

 

Shadowyze 

"Red Hawk Woman" 

(Tomahawk)

  MAIC  

Record of the Year

 

Jim Boyd 

"Going To The Stick Games" 

(Thunderwolf)

  MAIC  

Song/Single of the Year

 

Jimmy Lee Young 

"One Voice One Cry" 

(Crystal Feather)

  MAIC  

Songwriter of the Year

 

Felipe Rose 

"Red Hawk Woman" 

(Tomahawk)

  MAIC  

Best Short or Long Form Video

 

Walela 

"Walela Live In Concert" 

(Rich Heape Films)

  MAIC  

Best Traditional Recording

 

Randy Wood 

"Round Dance Blues" 

(Canyon)

  MAIC  

Best Spoken Word Recording

 

Mary Louise Defender Wilson 

"The Way We Are" 

(Makoche')

  MAIC  

Best World Music Recording

 

Yarina 

"Nawi" 

(Yari)

  MAIC  

Native Heart

 

Scott August 

"Sacred Dreams" 

(Cedar Mesa)

  MAIC  

 

Seventh Annual Nominees


A. Artist of the Year
1 Joseph Firecrow w Billings Symphony "Signature - Parmly's Dream" (Papamouse)
2 Litefoot "Native American Me" (Red Vinyl)
3 Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SilverWave)
4 R. Carlos Nakai "Sanctuary" (Canyon)
5 Verdell Primeaux "Veterans and Honor Songs" (CR)


B. Best Blues/Jazz Recording
1 Cecil Gray & Red Dawn Blues Band "Indian Harmony" (CG)
2 Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach "Native Blues" (Cedarfer)
3 Joy Harjo "Native Joy For Real" (Mekko)
4 Marc Cary-Indigenous People "Native Go Go Rhythms Please"
5 The Red Corn Band "Red Corn Sessions" (AB)


C. Best Compilation Recording
1 Compilation 19 Artist "The Rizing: Best of Native Hip Hop 2004"
2 Northern Cree & Friends "Honoring Singers & Songmakers Vol 2"
3 R. Carlos Nakai "In Beauty, We Return. The Best of" (Canyn)
4 Various "Best of the Best Vol 2" (Cool Runnings)
5 Various "Voices Across The Canyon Volume 6" (Canyon)

D. Debut Artist/Group of the Year
1 Bad Moon Rising "Southern" (Cool Runnings)
2 Burnt - Project 1 "The Avenue" (Sunshine)
3 Jay Nez "My Family" (Dream 1)
4 Rain Song "Rising Son" (Soar)
5 Steve Williams "Change" (CPR)


E. Best Female Artist
1 Joanne Shenandoah "Covenant" (SilverWave)
2 Joy Harjo "Native Joy For Real" (Mekko)
3 Kimberly Dawn "Healing Jane" (Sunshine)
4 Qua Ti Si "Through Indian Eyes" (Shadagea)
5 Yolanda Martinez "Native Heartbeat" (Legends Alive)


F. Best Folk/Country Recording
1 Annie Humphrey "Edge of America" (Makoche')
2 Ga-Li "From The Outside In" (RW)
3 Jim Boyd "Going To The Stick Games" (Thunderwolf)
4 Qua Ti Si "Through Indian Eyes" (Shadagea)
5 Seymour - Snow "Home Grown" (Ekko)

G. Flutist of the Year
1 Billy Whitefox "When The Wind Sings" (Singing Wolf)
2 Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk)
3 Eddie Three Eagles "Long Trail Home" (Manitou)
4 Robert Tree Cody "Reflections" (Canyon)
5 Terry Tsotigh "Prairie Rain" (Blackbear)


H. Gospel/Christian Recording
1 Cherokee National Youth Choir "Jesus Is Born Today"
2 Evan Lee "Heavenly" (CPR)
3 Rain Song "Rising Son" (Soar)
4 Rezawrecktion "It's Time" (Lions Den)
5 Robern Talkalai "John 3:16" (Talkalai)


I. Duo/Group of the Year
1 Blackfire "Woody Guthrie Singles" (Tacoho)
2 Northern Cree "Rezonate...Live at Saddle Lake" (Cyn)
3 Tha Tribe "Mad Hops and Crazy Stops" (Cyn)
4 Walela "Live In Concert" (Rich-Heape)
5 Yarina "Nawi" (Yari)

J. Best Historical Recording
1 Cozad "California Pow Wow" (Soar)
2 D. Norman "Buffalo Sky" (Soar)
3 Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)
4 Masie Shenandoah &Liz Robert "Sisters:Oneida Iroquois Hymns" (S)
5 No Two Horns "A Gallery of Art and Exploits" (Makoche')


K. Best Independent Recording
1 Charlie Wayne Watson "Waking Spirit" (Desert Winds)
2 Eagle Cloud "Canhiya Voice of the Wood" (Star Eagle)
3 Kansas Begaye "Beauty of the Spirit" (KB)
4 Michael Jacobs "They Come Dancing" (MJ)
5 Stan Summers "Walkin' n Fire" (CPR)


L. Best Instrumental Recording
1 Arvel Bird "Big Chief Quetoos" (Singing Wolf)
2 Echo Greywolf "The Gathering Field" (Sunshine)
3 Evren Ozan "As Things Could Be" (Point of Light)
4 Joseph Firecrow w Billings Symphony "Signature - Parmly's Dream"
5 Spirit of the Nations "Spirit of the Nations" (Sunshine)

M. Best Male Artist
1 Eli Secody "Butterfly" (Secody)
2 Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)
3 Jay Begaye "Songs of Colors" (Canyon)
4 Jimmy Lee Young "Maya" (Crystal Feather)
5 Randy Wood "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon)


N. Best New Age Recording
1 Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk)
2 Evren Ozan "As Things Could Be" (Point of Light)
3 JJ Kent "Come & Get To Know Me" (Swinging Wolf)
4 Joanne Shenandoah "Covenant" (SilverWave)
5 Thunderbeat "Mayan Landing 2012" (Thundervision)


O. Best Pop/Rock Recording
1 Blackfire "Woody Guthrie Singles" (Tacoho)
2 Dying Tribe "Represent" (Tribal Relic)
3 Holy Wrath - Ramondo Emerson "Holy Wrath" (CPR)
4 Ruff Masters - Micki Free & The 9
5 Tiger Tiger "Peace From the Everglades" (TTM)


P. Best Pow Wow Recording
1 Black Lodge, Star Society, Mocassin Flats "Blackfoot Pow Wow" (Soar)
2 Cozad "California Pow Wow" (Soar)
3 Mystic River Singers "Mystic River Evolution" (Red Bear)
4 Tha Tribe "Mad Hops and Crazy Stops" (Canyon)
5 Young Bird "YB Style" (Canyon)

Q. Best Producer
1 David Swenson "Edge of America" (Makoche')
2 Rose, Lawson, Morris "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)
3 Stephen Butler "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon)
4 Tom & Robby Bee "Blackfoot Pow Wow" (Soar)
5 Tom Wasinger & Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SWave)


R. Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording
1 Buggin Malone "Birth of a Warrior" (Oarfin)
2 Jay Nez "My Family" (Dream 1)
3 JSD "Rezmade" (Rezmade)
4 Nightshield "Nightshield-Kataztrophik" (Nightshield)
5 Shadowyze "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)


S. Record of the Year
1 Burning Sky "A Simple Man" (Canyon)
2 Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk)
3 Jim Boyd "Going To The Stick Games" (Thunderwolf)
4 Mary Youngblood "Feed The Fire" (SilverWave)
5 Micki Free "The Micki Free Experience" (Island)


T. Song/Single of the Year
1 Jim Boyd 'Fry Bread Line' (Thunderwolf)
2 Jimmy Lee Young 'One Voice One Cry" (Crystal Feather)
3 Qua Ti Si 'Darkhorse' (Shadagea)
4 Tiger Tiger 'Haya' (TTMusic)
5 Yarina 'O-Ja-Ja Native' (Yari)

U. Songwriter of the Year
1 Annie Humphrey "Edge of America" (Makoche')
2 Douglas Blue Feather "Star Nations" (Spirit Hawk)
3 Felipe Rose "Red Hawk Woman" (Tomahawk)
4 James Seals "James Seals Unplugged" (Plumb)
5 Joy Harjo "Native Joy For Real" (Mekko)


V. Best Spoken Word Recording
1 Gregg Howard "Cherokee Warrior Stories" (Ind Peoples)
2 Mary Louise Defender Wilson "The Way We Are" (Makoche')
3 No Two Horns "A Gallery of Art and Exploits" (Makoche')
4 Red Hawk & Nino Reyos "The Songs Remember" (Mega)
5 Sapokniona White Feather "Master Meditations" ( Hawk)

W. Best Traditional Recording
1 Clark Tenakhongva "Hear My Song, Hear My Prayer" (Cyn)
2 Eli Secody "Butterfly" (Secody)
3 Ralph Kotay "Kiowa Hymms" (UNP)
4 Randy Wood "Round Dance Blues" (Canyon)
5 Ray and Rhonda "Together As One" (Sunshine)



X. Best Short or Long Form Video
1 Brian Hammill "Spirit Journeys" (Native Spirit)
2 John Two Hawks "Wild Eagles" (Circle Studios)
3 Miller, Shenandoah & Nakai "Songs of the Spirit" (KNME)
4 Redtale "Redtale-Live at the Ryman" (EKKO)
5 Walela "Walela Live In Concert" (Rich Heape Films)


Y. Best World Music Recording
1 Brian Hammill "New Beginnings" (Native Spirit)
2 Burnt - Project 1 "The Avenue" (Sunshine)
3 Gale Revilla "Liquid Visions" (Morning Star)
4 Thunderbeat "Mayan Landing 2012" (Thundervision)
5 Yarina "Nawi" (Yari)


Z. Native Heart
1 Autumn's Child featuing Mark Holland "Four Winds" (CS)
2 Kris Delorenzi "Beautiful Great One"
3 Scott August "Sacred Dreams" (Cedar Mesa)
4 Spooky Actions "Songs of the Nations" (Muse Eek)
5 William Eaton Ensemble "Sparks and Embers" (Canyon)