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VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES OF THE
  15TH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS

OPEN TO ALL GENERAL PUBLIC
Deadline 12 Noon on Friday, November 14th

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE
15TH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
ON NOVEMBER 14 2014 AT THE SENECA ALLEGANY EVENTS CENTER 
AND STREAMED LIVE ON www.FNX.org 

Voting Ballot Below
 
HOW TO VOTE :

Each year we launch a national online voting campaign to listen and vote on the latest music initiatives leading into a production of the Native American Music Awards , a celebration featuring over 30 music categories in traditional and contemporary music.
 
In order to participate in our  voting process, you must have first registered as a E-member on our website. Once your are registered, you will be able to sign in on our website and follow a link to your personal voting ballot. 

WINNER VOTING IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  VOTERS MUST REGISTER AS  E-MEMBERS ON OUR WEBSITE. AN EMAIL WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS WHEN VOTING COMMENCES.

You may listen to select music tracks of each featured entry on the music players when general public voting is underway.  Following the announcement of our nominees, all voting will be opened to the general public. 


Support for our national voting ballot is provided by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Thank you for supporting the World's Leading Resource for Contemporary and Traditional Native American Music Initiatives & the largest Native American Music Library in the World featuring a collection of over 10,000 audio and video recordings in all formats housed in our national archives since 1990!

This year commemorates a milestone for our annual Awards program & non-profit Association, a 501(c)(3), as we celebrate our Fifteenth Anniversary year. 



CURRENT ARTISTS & RECORDINGS NOMINATED

15TH ANNUAL NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS


Artist of the Year
Jan Looking Wolf Reibach (Conf. Tribes of Grande Ronde Kalapuya) - Tamanawas
Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida) Nature Dance
Mato Nanji (Lakota/Dakota) Vanishing Americans
R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo/Ute) Awakening The Fire
Ryan Little Eagle Molina (Lakota/Apache) The Long Journey Home
Wade Fernandez (Menominee) Breathe & Flow



Best Blues Recording
A Tribute To Little Johnny Taylor Jimmy Wolf (Mohawk)
Back To Clearlake Oaks Twice As Good (Pomo)
Blues Joose Vol 2 - Joel Johnson (Tuscarora)
Lakota John and Kin - Lakota John and Kin (Lumbee/Oglala)
Red Kroz Bluez Band - Red Kroz Bluez Band (Munsee)
Vanishing Americans Indigenous (Dakota)



Best Compilation Recording
CTR Country Mix Various Artists
Dawn's Early Light - Various Artists
Don’t Let Me Forget Kelly Montijo Fink
Earth Bound Angel Various Artists
Putumayo Presents Native America Various Artists
The Hopson Live Session - Various Artists

 


Best Country Recording
3 of a Kind - John McLeod (Cree)
Bring It On Donny Parenteau (Metis)
Senorita Dreams Wayne Garner (Cherokee/Apache)
Tribute - Victoria Blackie (Navajo)
Tyra Preston Tyra Preston (Navajo)
Woman Of Red Tracy Bone (Ojibway)


Debut Artist of the Year
David Rose Wind Dance Under The Moon
Gabrielle Knife (Lakota Sioux) Ohiya Ku WInyan
Gareth (Mi'kmaq/Cree) The Journey
Leah Shenandoah (Oneida) - Spektra
Nitanis "Kit" Largo (Ojibwe)- Serenity
Robert Mullinax (Cherokee) Dream of a Sacred Song


Debut Group of the Year
A Tribe Called Red (Cayuga/Ojibway) A Tribe Called Red
Fabulous Ripcords (Oneida) - Voo Doo Girl
Iskwew Singers (Metis/Cree/Saulteaux) - Kamawinan: Songs of Our People
Lightning Creek (Nez Perce) Long Time Coming
Sihasin (Navajo) - Never Surrender
Women of Heart (Various) - Winds of Change



Best Female Artist
Donna Kay - (Metis) - Uncover Me
Jamie Coon (Creek/Seminole) Day After Day
Rhonda Head (Cree) - Nikumoon
Rita Coolidge (Cherokee) A Rita Coolidge Christmas
Tracy Bone (Ojibway) - Woman Of Red
Victoria Blackie (Navajo) - Tribute




Best Folk Recording
Adageyudi Clear Water Drum (Cherokee/Yaqui/Metis)
Songs to Keep the Earth Alive - Good Shield Aguilar (Lakota)
Heart of the Buffalo Richard Stepp and Rick McKee (Keetoowah)
Home Grown - Storm Seymour & Stefanie Snow (Meskwaki)
Keeper of the Dreams - Red Feather Woman (Assiniboine/Sioux)
Kid Face - Samantha Crain (Choctaw)




Flutist of the Year
Cal Silverfox Lopez (Apache) To Touch The Sky
Douglas Blue Feather Dawn of a New Light
Jan Looking Wolf Reibach (Conf. Tribes of Grande Ronde Kalapuya) - Tamanawas
Jonathon Maracle Ohwihsha (Mohawk) The Clearing
Rona Yellowrobe (Chippewa Cree) - The Gathering
Tony Duncan (Apache/Ankara/Hidatsu/Mandan) Native Son




Best Gospel/Inspirational Recording
Don’t Let Me Forget Kelly Montijo Fink
Grace & Grit: Chapter I Dark Water Rising (Lumbee)
Love & Kindness - Golana (Cherokee) & Peter Kater
Nikumoon - Rhonda Head (Cree)
Season of Joy Yolanda Martinez (Apache)
Speak To The Sky Storm Seymour (Meskwaki)




Group of the Year
Dark Water Rising (Lumbee) - Grace & Grit: Chapter I
Indigie Femme (Navajo) Te Hau Waiati
Injunuity (Various) Fight For Survival
Plenty Wolf Singers(Oglala Lakota) Medicine Wolf
Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla) Bridge
Sweethearts of Navajoland (Navajo) From The Heart of Dine Nation



Best Historical/Linguistic Recording
Chillin’ Rez-Style - Will and Jesse Lee (Lakota)
Heart of the Buffalo Richard Stepp & Rick McKee (Keetoowah)
Intikana (Arawak/Taino) - Native Eyez 
Mescalero Apache Creation Fred Kaydahzinne (Apache)
2 Worlds - Nataanii Means (Oglala Lakota, Omaha, Dine')
Te Hau Waiati - Indigie Femme (Navajo)



Best Instrumental Recording
Awakened By The Noon Day Sun - Mwalin (Mashpee Wampanoag)
Fight For Survival - Injunuity (Various)
Journey To The Sun - Sun Shadows (Choctaw/Navajo)
Strong Horse - Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla)
The Long Journey Home - Ryan Little Eagle Molina (Lakota/Apache)
The Clearing - Ohwihsha (Mohawk)




Best Male Artist
Jimmy Wolf (Mohawk) - A Tribute To Little Johnny Taylor
Lawrence Harris (Choctaw) Romanze Songs of Tosti
Randy McGinnis (Cherokee) Smoky Mountain Dreams
TerryLee Whetstone (Cherokee) - One People
Tony Duncan (Apache/Ankara/Hidatsu/Mandan) Native Son
Wayne Silas, Jr (Menominee) Infinite Passion




Best Native American Church Recording
A Good Day, A Better Tomorrow - Cheevers Toppah (Kiowa)
Apache Peyote Songs - Joe Tohonnie Jr (Apache/Navajo)
As It Was In The Beginning - Primeaux & Mike (Sioux/Navajo)
Charity - Kevin Yazzie (Navajo)
NAC Songs - Aaron Adson (Pawnee/Comanche)

 


Best New Age Recording
Awakening The Fire - R. Carlos Nakai & Will Clipman (Navajo/Ute)
Bridge - Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla)
Dawn of a New Light - Douglas Blue Feather (Cherokee)
Kamama - SilverWolf/Adelaunegv Waya (Cherokee)
Love & Kindness - Golana (Cherokee)
Smoky Mountain Dreams - Randy McGinnis (Cherokee)



Best Pop Recording
Colors - Indian City (Ojibway)
Day After Day - Jamie Coon (Creek/Seminole)
Feathers Rosary - Joey Stylez (Cree)
Grace & Grit: Chapter I Dark Water Rising (Lumbee)
Spektra - Leah Shenandoah (Oneida)
Touch - Raphael (Mescalero Apache)


Best Pow Wow Recording
Elder’s Vision: Pow Wow Songs Recorded Live @ Ky1 Yo - Blackfoot Confederacy (Various)
In Harmony Again - Big River Cree
Loyalty to the Drum - Northern Cree (Cree/Various)
Right Now - Bear Creek (Various)
Save Me A Lead - Young Spirit (Various)
Stoic - Tha Tribe (Various)




Best Producer
Donald Blackfox Earth Bound Angel
Eddie Webber Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs
Kevin Chief (Algonquin/Oneida) Honoring The Mazinikijik Singers

Lynn Coulter, John Mc Duffie, Randy Landas, John Thomas - A Rita Coolidge Christmas
Peter Blackwell Mescalero Apache Creation
Robert Doyle Awakening The Fire



Best Rap Hip Hop Recording
Crunk Nativez - Lil Mike & Funny Bone (Chocktaw, Pawnee)
Native Eyez - Intikana (Arawak/Taino)
One Tribe One Nation The Council (Sounthern Ute, Jemez Pueblo, Taos Pueblo)
Quese Imc & Cempoalli 20 (Pawnee/Seminole) -Osahwuh
Rainy Days Tha Native featuring Stuxx (San Manuel)
Warriors Arise - Makardi (Navajo)




Record of the Year
A Rita Coolidge Christmas - Rita Coolidge (Cherokee)
A Tribe Called Red A Tribe Called Red (Cayuga/Ojibway)
Breathe & Flow - Wade Fernandez (Menominee)
Native Son - Tony Duncan (Apache/Ankara/Hidatsu/Mandan)
Romanze Songs of Tosti - Lawrence Harris (Choctaw)
The Gathering Rona Yellowrobe (Chippewa Cree)



Best Rock Recording
Fire and Brimstone: A Tribute To Link Wray - Band of Tribes (Shawnee)
Never Going Home The Gun Runners (Onondaga)
Never Surrender - Sihasin (Navajo)
Surrender - George Leach (Sta’ atl’ imx)
The Journey Gareth Laffely (Mi'kmaq/Cree)
Two Sons - The Ollivanders (Mohawk, Oneida)



Song/Single of the Year
"Diamond" - Bear Fox (Mohawk)
"Love Of My Life" Spencer Battiest (Seminole)
"Runnin’ On Empty" Shyanne & Shadowyze (Creek, Cherokee, Han Gwich in Athabascan)
"Song of the Wolf" Graywolf Blues Band (Yaqui)
"Sublime Gracia" - Yolanda Martinez (Apache)
"Witchi Tai-To Water Spirits" Shadowyze, Caren Knight Pepper and Jim Pepper




Songwriter of the Year
Brianna Lea Pruett (Cherokee/Choctaw) - Gypsy Bells
Glen Bonham (Choctaw) - Glen Bonham
Randy Granger (Choltan/Mayan) Strong Medicine
Robert Hollis aka Bobby Bullet (Lac du Flambeau) - Crooked Tear
Samantha Crain (Choctaw) Kid Face
Theresa "Bear" Fox (Mohawk) Diamond


Best Spoken Word Recording
Blessings - Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (Cree/Salish)
Grandfather Speaks Ken Quiet Hawk (Abenaki)
Lost Angel Cyrus Emerson (Cherokee)
Man From The Sky - Soyota (Apache)
Mescalero Apache Creation Fred Kaydahzinne (Apache)
The Little Rocks Windfeather Navarez Bull (Navajo)


Best Traditional Recording
Apache Blessing & Crown Dance Songs - Joe Tohonnie Jr (Apache)
Blessings - Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat (Cree/Salish)
From The Heart of Dine’ Nation - Sweethearts of Navajoland (Navajo)
Honoring The Mazinikijik Singers - Mazinikijik Singers (Algonquin/Oneida)
Moonlit Nights - Todi Neesh Zhee Singers (Navajo) - First Night
Spirit of Thunderheart - Rising (Mohawk, Blackfoot, Cree, Cherokee)



Best Music Video
Love of My Life Spencer Battiest (Seminole)
Native Eyez - Intikana (Arawak/Taino)
Prayer Loop Song Supaman (Apsaalooke)
Song of Survival Red Eagle
Women Across The River - Graywolf Blues Band (Yaqui)
Sisters ft Northern Voice - A Tribe Called Red (Cayuga, Ojibway)



Best Waila Recording
2 Rivers Band 2 Rivers Band (Tohono O’odham)
Back To Basics - Cruz (Tohono O’odham)
Embrace The Kaos Dfaktion Nyne (Tohono O’odham)
In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Father & Uncle - Family Pride (Tohono O’odham)
Pisinemo & Company Pisinemo & Company (Tohono O’odham)
Tohono O’odham Waila Music, Volume 2 - Valenzuela & Company (Tohono O’odham)




Best World Music Recording
Dance of the Soul - Jessica Martinez Maxey
Kurt Wyaco Kurt Wyaco I Conscious (Zuni Pueblo)
Nagwetch - Wabanag (Metis)
Nature Dance - Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida)
North Wind - Flying Down Thunder & Rise Ashen (Algonquin)
To Touch The Sky - Cal Silverfox Lopez (Apache)



Native Heart
Big City Indians - May You Walk
Cornell Kinderknecht and Martin McCall -
Dreamtime Lex Nichols The Long Road
Peter Phippen Sacred Spaces

Emiliano Campobello & Kevin Donoho - Rockapelli
Terry Frazier
- By The Still Waters