Each year, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation awards NACF
Artist Fellowships to honor American Indian, Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian artists making a significant impact in their discipline
and who have the potential to be or already are powerful voices
in the arts.
From a national call for entries, peer panels select the year's
top entries in the disciplines of Dance, Film, Literature, Music,
Traditional and Visual Arts. Fellowships provide Native artists
the opportunity for study, reflection, experimentation and discovery,
with awards of up to $20,000 per artist.
Congratulations to the 16 talented Native artists awarded in
2014:
Dance
Micah Kamohoali'i
Native Hawaiian
Patrick Makuakane
Native Hawaiian
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Film
Billy Luther
Navajo/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo
Brooke Swaney
Blackfeet/Salish
Melissa Henry
Navajo
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Literature
David Treuer
Ojibwe
Eddie Chuculate
Muscogee (Creek)/Cherokee
Santee Frazier
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
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Music
Keola Beamer
Native Hawaiian
Raven Chacon
Navajo
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Traditional Arts
Israel Shotridge
Tlingit
Jeremy Frey
Passamaquoddy
Shan Goshorn
Eastern Band Cherokee
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Visual Arts
Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Tlingit/N'ishga
Kaili Chun
Native Hawaiian
Nora Naranjo-Morse
Tewa Santa Clara Pueblo
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