2002 Native American Music Award Winners:
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
