Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album

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Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album
Awarded for quality works in the Native American music genre
Country United States
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded 2001
Last awarded 2011
Official website grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality albums in the Native American music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

Following a three-year lobbying effort by Ellen Bello, founder of the Native American Music Awards and the Native American Music Association,[3] the Grammy award was first presented to Tom Bee and Douglas Spotted Eagle in 2001 as the producers of the compilation album Gathering of Nations Pow Wow. Previously, Native American recordings had been placed in the folk, world or New Age music categories.[4] While some Native American artists criticized the award category for being "too narrowly defined to accommodate the breadth of today's Indian music", others took pride in its inclusion.[5][6] The name of the award remained unchanged between 2001 and 2011. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to "vocal or instrumental Native American music albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", with the intent to honor recordings of a more "traditional nature".[7]

As performing artists, Bill Miller and Mary Youngblood share the record for the most wins in this category, with two each. Thomas Wasinger holds the record for the most wins as a producer, with three. The group Black Lodge Singers holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with seven. In 2011, the category Best Native American Music Album was eliminated along with thirty others due to a major overhaul by the Recording Academy. Four additional categories in the American Roots Music field were eliminated (Best Contemporary Folk Album, Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Traditional Folk Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album).[8][9] Native American works will now be eligible for the Best Regional Roots Music Album category.[9]

Recipients

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2007 nominee Jana, performing in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 2010
Year[I] Performing artist(s) Work Producer(s) Nominees Ref.
2001 Various artists Gathering of Nations Pow Wow 1999 Tom Bee
Douglas Spotted Eagle
[10]
2002 Johnny Mike and Verdell Primeaux Bless the People: Harmonized Peyote Songs Giuli Doyle
Robert Doyle
  • Black Eagle – Life Goes On: Hand Drum and Round Dance Songs
  • Black Lodge SingersWeasel Tail's Dream: The Tradition Continues
  • Northern Cree – Rockin' the Rez
  • Various Northern Drums – Gathering of Nations 2000: Millennium Celebration, Volume 1
  • Young Bird – Change of Life: Oklahoma Pow-Wow Songs
[11]
2003 Mary Youngblood Beneath the Raven Moon Thomas Wasinger
  • Burning Sky – Spirit in the Wind
  • Redheart – Sacred Season
  • Vince Redhouse – Faith in the House
  • Randy Wood – Round Dance the Night Away
[12]
2004 Black Eagle Flying Free Tom Bee [13]
2005 Bill Miller Cedar Dream Songs N/A [14]
2006 Various artists Sacred Ground: A Tribute to Mother Earth Jim Wilson
  • Black LodgeMore Kids' Pow-Wow Songs
  • Alex E. Smith and Cheevers Toppah – Intonation: Harmonized Songs from the Southern Plains
  • Randy Wood – Our Love Will Never Die
[15]
2007 Mary Youngblood Dance with the Wind Thomas Wasinger
  • Black Eagle – Voice of the Drum
  • Robert "Tree" Cody and Will Clipman – Heart of the Wind
  • JanaAmerican Indian Story
  • Northern Cree and Friends – Long Winter Nights
[16]
2008 Robert Mirabal Totemic Flute Chants Larry Mitchell
  • Walter Ahhaitty and Friends – Oklahoma Style
  • Black LodgeWatch This Dancer!
  • Davis Mitchell – The Ballad of Old Times
  • R. Carlos Nakai, Cliff Sarde, William Eaton, and Randy Wood – Reconnections
[17]
2009 Various artists Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs Thomas Wasinger
  • Bryan AkipaSongs from the Black Hills
  • Black LodgeSpo'Mo'Kin'Nan
  • Northern Cree – Red Rock
  • Kevin Yazzie – Faith
[18]
2010 Bill Miller Spirit Wind North Bill Miller
Michael Von Muchow
  • Michael Brant DeMaria – Siyotanka
  • Northern Cree – True Blue
  • John Two-HawksWind Songs: Native American Flute Solos
  • Johnny Whitehorse – Riders of the Healing Road
[19]
2011 Various artists 2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance Derek Mathews
Lita Mathews
Melonie Mathews
  • Bear Creek – XI
  • Northern Cree – Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs
  • Peter Phippen – Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds from the Dr. Richard W. Payne Collection
[20]

^[I] Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

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