Canku Ota - September 21, 2002 - 2002 Native American Music Award Winners:

	Canku Ota
	(Many Paths)
	An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
	September 21, 2002 - Issue 70


	And the Winners Are ...
	2002 Native American Music Award Winners
	photos by Christine Rose

Artist of the Year:	Joanne Shenandoah - Eagle Cries

Best Blues Recording:	Keith Secola - Kokopelli Blues

Best Complication Recording:	Various Artist - Voices Across the Canyon

Debut Artist of the Year:	Martha Redbone - Home of the Brave

Best Female Artist:	Radmilla Cody - Seed of Life

Best Folk / Country Artist:	Laughing Woman & Eagle Winds - Reservation

Flutist of the Year:	Tommy Wildcat - Pow-Wow Flutes

Gospel/Christian Recording:	Cherokee National Children’s Choir - Voices of the Creator’s Children

Group of the Year:	Brule - Star People

Best Historical Recording:	Felipe Rose - Trail of Tears

Best Independent Recording:	Douglas Blue Feather - Arrival

Best Instrumental Recording:	Brule’ - Star People

Best Male Artist:	Micki Free - Gypsy Cowboy

Best New Age Recording:	Mary Youngblood - Beneath The Raven Moon

Best Pop/Rock Recording:	Blackfire - One Nation Under

Best Pow Wow Recording:	Red Bull - Traditional

Best Producer:	John Barnes & Janice Marie Johnson - Until the Eagle Falls

Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording:	Litefoot - Tribal Boogie

Record of the Year:	Jim Boyd - Alter Natives

Song/Sing of the Year:	Jana - Stairway to Heaven

Songwriter of the Year:	Gary Small - Wild Indians

Best Video:	Robert Mirabal & Rare Tribal Mob - Music From A Painted Cave

Best Spoken Word Recording:	Mary Louis Defender Wilson - My Relatives Say

Best Traditional Recording:	Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike - Bless the People

Best World Music Recording:	Native Roots - Rain Us Love

Native Heart:	Neil Young - Eagle Cries

Jim Thorpe Sports Award:	Kelvin Sampson

Living Legend:	Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Hall of Fame:	Kitty Wells







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