Honorable Mentions: Blanca Iris Acuna / Jack Holland / Just Jamez / Kelly Montijo Fink / Nick Lone / Richelle Darby Garcia / Scott Kalama of Blue Flames / Shibastick / Two Shields
Instrumental Recording: Ancient Voices - Under Open Sky
Instrumental Video: Connor Chee - Frybread
Lifetime Achievement: Rodney A. Grant / Paul LaRoche / Robert Tree Cody
Live Performance Video: The Storm - DOC Native featuring Spencer Battiest
Living Legend: Oren Lyons
Narrative in a Video: Foreshadow - Protect Your People
Native American Church Recording: Jarvis Hunter - Remembering Our Elders
Native Heart: Gera & T.M - Distant Lands
R&B Recording: Ramonda Holiday - The Rez Hummingbird
Rising Star: Bryant Waupoose III
Rock Recording: Blackbird - Who We Are
Single: Samantha Crain - Bloomsday
Song: G Precious with Macy Gray - Unforgettable
Traditional Recording: Spur Pourier - Shining So Bright
Traditional Vocal Video: Picadilly Billy - Martin Sisters
Mykaël Nelson, Nicolas Lemieux , Albert Zablit - HISTOIRES SANS PAROLES – HARMONIUM SYMPHONIQUE – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Simon Leclerc
Roberta Landreth - WOULDN’T YOU LOVE TO KNOW? – Steve Bell
Sarah Marcotte-Boislard: LA CIEL EST AU PLANCHER – Louis-Jean Cormier
Sarah Marcotte-Boislard , Jules Boislard-Gauthier: ASTRONOMIE(SUITE) – Dany Placard
Nominees for the the first ever Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards have been unveiled and quite a few local artists are on the list. Hopefully, they'll be honoured at the online ceremony on June 12, 2021.
From the website:
The SSIMAs will present awards representing a variety of music genres as well as awards for cultural contribution, significance, legacy and social voice. The award show itself will be two hours in length including the presentation of awards to the winners, as well as live performances from finalists throughout the evening.
Below is a complete list of nominees. Local acts are bolded.
Two more Canadians earned awards that night: BC Country artist, Kelly Derrickson(Best Female Artist) and Alberta group Northern Cree(Best Pow Wow Recording)
Fort Erie's DJ Shubwas recently nominated for three 2017 Native American Music Awards(Song/Single + 2 Music Video nominations). Many other Canadian artists were also given nods in various categories.