Native American Music Awards 10th annual ceremony

Iroquois Dancers; CornBread's John Buck; Janelle Turtle, Best Native American Church Recording; Cherokee National Youth Choir, Best Inspirational Recording; NightShield, Best Single, with Wayquay ; Houston Geronimo, Rickey Medlocke, Lance White Magpie/NAMMY Photos.

TENTH ANNUAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED BLACKFIRE & NATIVE ROOTS TOP THE AWARDS WITH TWO

LYNYRD SKYNYRD’S RICKEY MEDLOCKE, REDBONE AMONG THOSE HONORED

BY NAMMYs
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – On Saturday October 4, 2008 the Tenth Annual Native American Music Awards (N.A.M.A.) was held at the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York and awarded over 35 artists in a four hour event with 12 onstage presentations and special Hall of Fame inductions and performances that had the packed crowd dancing on their feet. The growing success of the Awards show is now setting industry standards for professional Native American musicians who want to achieve greater acceptance and exposure from mainstream audiences. Taking two honors each was; the New Mexico-based Reggae group, Native Roots and the Arizona-based punk rock/Alter Native band, Blackfire. Native Roots’ recording, Celebrate won for Best World Music Recording and earned them Group of the Year. Native Roots gave a high-energy live performance with their messages of pride, unity, and respect among all nations. Blackfire, is comprised of two brothers and a sister with a style that encompasses traditional Native American music with rock that bears socio-political and human rights messages. Blackfire’s (Silence) Is A Weapon won Record of the Year and their producer Ed Stasium (Ramones) took the Native Heart award. Read article:

http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2008/10/blackfire-and-native-roots-top-nammy.html

WINNERS LIST

ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Jim Boyd, Blues To Bluegrass
BEST BLUES RECORDING: Deep Downtown, Jimmy Wolf
BEST COMPILATION RECORDING: Old Style Round Dance Songs Various
BEST COUNTRY RECORDING: No Lies Tracy Bone
DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Cheryl Bear, The Good Road
DEBUT GROUP OF THE YEAR: Injunuity, Unconquered

BEST FEMALE ARTIST: Nicole, Deep Dreams
BEST FOLK RECORDING: Where The Green Grass Grows, The Crow Girls
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR: Jan Michael Looking Wolf, Unity
BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING: Precious Memories, Cherokee National Youth Choir
GROUP OF THE YEAR: Native Roots, Celebrate
BEST HISTORICAL RECORDING: Chief Seattle Speaks 1854, Red Hawk
BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING: Mirror Lake by Golana
BEST MALE ARTIST: Edmund Bull, Follow Your Dreams
BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING: New Beginning by Janelle Turtle
BEST NEW AGE RECORDING: Homeland Security by Carroll Medicine Crow
BEST POP RECORDING: Phoenix by Fara Palmer
BEST POW WOW RECORDING: Hear The Beat by Blackfoot Confederacy

BEST PRODUCER: Adrian Brown, Tim Sampson, Jonathon Joss, Charles Button for Still No Good

BEST RAP HIP HOP RECORDING: Native American Hustle, Dago Braves
RECORD OF THE YEAR: (Silence) Is A Weapon, Blackfire
BEST ROCK RECORDING: The Sun & The Earth, Stevie Salas
SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR: Broken Dreams by Nightshield
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR: Star Nayea, Silenced My Tongue
BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING: The Story Tellers by Ken Quiet Hawk
BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING: Traditional Navajo Shoe Songs, Gilbert Begay Sr
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO: The Enlightened Time by Jana
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO: Live At Mt Rushmore by Brule’ & AIRO
BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING: Celebrate by Native Roots
NATIVE HEART: Ed Stasium, (Silence) Is A Weapon

http://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/

All photos copyright 2008 Kimberlie Acosta & 2008 Native American Music Awards Inc.