Native American Music Awards

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

The Native American Music Awards, commonly known as NAMA, or the Nammys, are an annual awards program given out since 1998 for outstanding musical achievements based on national recordings released on an annual basis. The awards were created to offer Native American musicians in the music industry greater exposure and opportunities for mainstream recognition.

The Awards ceremony currently features live artist performances and 30 Awards categories in various traditional and contemporary music genres as well as special Lifetime Achievement Awards and Hall of Fame inductions. The awards' contemporary categories are open to anyone with tribal affiliation and may not be Federal or State enrolled tribal membersNative Americans.[citation needed] Additionally, at times, the Awards expands beyond the United States territory and may award indigenous music initiatives originating in parts of Canada, Mexico, South America and Argentina. NAMA also awards music-inspired by and/or music contributions by Non-Native artists in one category(Native Heart).

The 10th Annual Native American Music Awards took place October 4, 2008.

The Native American Music Awards, Inc., is a national organization consisting of musicians, record company personnel, and music industry professionals. Recording submissions are made by national Advisory members who make the nominee selections. Awards are given based on voting by the general public to a recording encompassing traditional native American musical instrumentation and/or lyrics with strong native content or messages.

[edit] Honorees

[edit] External links

  This award-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Music_Awards"
Personal tools
Languages