Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards 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".<ref name=Overview>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Following a three-year lobbying effort by Ellen Bello, founder of the Native American Music Awards and the Native American Music Association,<ref name=Woliver>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=TheHour>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=Brockman>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Strauss>Template:Cite news</ref> 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".<ref name=52nd>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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).<ref name=Daigle>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Fox44>Template:Cite news</ref> Native American works will now be eligible for the Best Regional Roots Music Album category.<ref name=Fox44/>

Recipients

2003 and 2007 winner Mary Youngblood

2007 nominee Jana, performing in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 2010

Year{{#if:[I]|[I]|[1]}}	Performing artist(s)	Work	Producer(s)	Nominees	Ref.
2001	Various artists	Template:Sort	Tom Bee Douglas Spotted Eagle	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2001>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	Johnny Mike and Verdell Primeaux	Template:Sort	Giuli Doyle Robert Doyle	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2002>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Thomas Wasinger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2003>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Black Eagle	Template:Sort	Tom Bee	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2004>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:N/a	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2005>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006	Various artists	Template:Sort	Jim Wilson	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2006>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Thomas Wasinger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2007>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Johnny Whitehorse	Template:Sort	Larry Mitchell	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2008>Template:Cite news</ref>
2009	Various artists	Template:Sort	Thomas Wasinger	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2009>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Bill Miller Michael Von Muchow	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2010>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Various artists	2010 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance	Derek Mathews Lita Mathews Melonie Mathews	Template:Smalldiv	<ref name=Grammy2011>Template:Cite news</ref>

^{^[I]{{#if:| }}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.

See also

• List of Grammy Award categories
• List of Native American musicians

References

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