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Singer Tanya Tagaq was the 2015 recipient of the award for her album Animism .
The Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the best album by a Canadian aboriginal person . It was formerly known as Aboriginal Recording of the Year (2003–2009) and Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording (1994–2002).
The award faced controversy in its inaugural year, after nominee Sazacha Red Sky was accused of cultural appropriation .[ 1] According to the surviving children of Chief Dan George , the writer of the song she had been nominated for, she was not personally a member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and according to the George family did not have the right to record it under their cultural traditions.[ 1] George's son Leonard sought a legal injunction to prevent the award from being presented at the Juno Awards ceremony at all,[ 2] and a final compromise revising Red Sky's nomination to reflect the album instead of the song was announced on the morning of the ceremony.[ 3]
Winners
Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording (1994–2002)
Aboriginal Recording of the Year (2003–2009)
Aboriginal Album of the Year (2010–present)
See also
References
^ a b "Controversy surrounds aboriginal category". Montreal Gazette , March 20, 1994.
^ "Dispute threatens aboriginal Juno award". Toronto Star , March 19, 1994.
^ a b "Juno compromise reached in native song controversy". Toronto Star , March 20, 1994.
^ "Nominees: 1994" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 1995" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 1996" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 1997" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 1998" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 1999" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2000" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2001" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2002" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2003" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2004" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2005" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2006" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2007" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2008" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2009" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2010" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2011" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2012" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2013" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2014" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
^ "Nominees: 2015" . JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
Awards to individuals Awards for recordings Awards for technicality Discontinued categories Special awards Years Leadership Notes 1 Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.