Woah, now I can now call myself a Nammy nominated songwriter and record producer.
My mind is blown.
I’m so excited about this, but I’m happiest about the fact that this might get even more people singing this song. Yay!
And most excited that even more and more people get to hear the storyline behind the lyrics to this song. Yay! Exponentially more people can share this song now than I could ever have pulled off on my own with normal distribution channels such as labels and advertising firms. Yippie!
When I first heard I got the nomination I ran around my yard screaming, I’m not going to lie. A little bit awkward because it was about 1am on a weeknight. Then I couldn’t sleep which is not a good thing for me right now because I teach 7th graders. You definitely need all the energy 7-8 hours can bring you if you’re going to keep your wits about you with middle schoolers.
So here’s the press release the NAMMYS are sending around and instructions for online peoples’ choice voting and stuff.
Thank you everyone who helped further the non-traditional production and distribution of this song. I’m grateful, humbled and inspired. Winning would of course be extra cool, I’ll know if it does that on 7oct up near Niagara Falls! But I have to tell you, getting this nomination truly is the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life since the day I was adopted!
Peace and love,
marco frucht
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“This year’s nominated recordings span from historical recordings featuring the prison writings of Leonard Peltier, present day questions for the great Ogalala leader, Crazy Horse, to Native youth speaking louder than ever with their powerful raps about their poignant plights armed with a spirit of undaunted perserverence. Music productions throughout our 35 categories reflect an impressive and diverse array of talent and soundscapes from all ages and tribal nations throughout the Americas and Europe as well.
These are the many voices of the original roots music of the Americas and they arrive at their strongest and in record-breaking numbers, with over 200 CD and DVD recordings submitted this year for all to hear. ”
— Â Ellen Bello
Founder/President
Native American Music Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nominees Announced for the
Thirteenth Annual
Native American Music Awards
To Be Held On Friday, October 7, 2011
At The Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino In Niagara Falls
Featuring Performances By Derek Miller, Gabriel Ayala, Pipestone, Yarina, Janice Marie Johnson, and a national debut by 13 year old Dylan Jennett.
Plus Keith Secola and Nokie Edwards Hall of Fame Inductions
And Jim Thorpe Award Presentation to Ted Nolan
Tickets On-Sale Now At All Ticketmaster Outlets & At The Seneca Casino Box Office
September 16, 2011 – New York, NY.  Nominations for the 13th Annual Native American Music Awards (NAMA) were announced today by The Native American Music Association reflecting the combined votes of the NAMA Advisory Board Membership Nominating Committee and general public membership.
General Public voting is now open on the Awards website or by clicking the followiing link:Â
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NAMA2011W
Winners will be announced at the 13th Annual Native American Music Awards which will be held on Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Seneca Entertainment Center in the Seneca Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls, New York.
Tickets are on-sale now through www.Ticketmaster.com, all ticketmaster outlets, and at the Seneca box office (716) 501 2444. Tickets are $25.00 and up. Special discounted hotel rates are available for NAMA attendees at $189.00 plus tax and fees per night on a first come first serve basis and by calling 716-299-1100 or 1-877-8SENECA (73-6322) and using the code name; NAMMYS. NAMA Advisory members and nominated artists who are attending, should contact the Awards office before purchasing tickets.
Both new and established artists share the list of nominations throughout a diverse array of 35 music categories spanning all genres. A new category was launched this year for Best Latin American Indigenous Recording. This is the second consecutive year that N.A.M.A. has added a new Awards category. Last year’s Awards program introduced a new music category for Best Waila Recording.
This year’s top nominees all with three nods each are; Shelley Morningsong’s Full Circle, Pipestone’s As The Rez Turns, Jack Gladstone’s Native Anthropology Challenge, Choice and Promise in the 21st Century, Jan Michael Looking Wolf’sLive As One, Aaron White and Anthony Wakeman’s Handprints of Our People, Derek Miller’s Stoned For Days, and newcomers’, Josh Halverson’s These Timesand October Soul’s Don’t Turn Back.
Tied with two nominations each are recording artists: Aura Surey (Cherokee), Becky Thomas (Cherokee) , Bobby Bullet (Lac Du Flambeau), Brad Clonch (Choctaw), Desiree Dorion (Cree), Doc featuring Spencer Battiest (Seminole), Don Amero (Metis), Dylan Jenet Collins (Montaukett) , Evan Lee Cummins (Crow), Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui), Gary Small & The Coyote Brothers (Northern Cheyenne), Gilbert Tyner (Comanche), Golana (Cherokee), Jimmy Lee Young (Mayan), JJ Kent (Oglala Sioux), Jonathan C. Ward (Lumbee), Joy Harjo (Muskoke), Lady Xplicit (Navajo), Leanne Goose & Snow Blind (Inuit & Dene), Louis Capchez (Quechua Inka), Marc Brown & The Blues Crew (Huslia), Marcus Briggs-Cloud & Anna Rangel-Clough (Muscogee), Mike Gouchie (Lheidli T’enneh), Mike Hammar and The Nails (Muscogee Creek), Northern Cree (Cree), Northern Cree Fiddle (Cree), Plenty Wolf Singers (Oglala Lakota), Randy Granger (Cholton/ Mayan), Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla), Shane Yellowbird (Cree), Southern Scratch (Tohono O’odham), Talibah Begay (Navajo Dine), Tonemah (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora), Uno (Cherokee), Vince Fontaine (Ojibway), Vince Redhouse (Navajo)and Yvonne St. Germaine (Cree)
“This year’s nominated recordings span from; historical recordings featuring the prison writings of Leonard Peltier, present day questions for the great Ogalala leader, Crazy Horse, to Native youth speaking louder than ever with their powerful raps about their poignant plights armed with a spirit of undaunted perserverence,” states Awards President, Ellen Bello. “Music productions throughout our 35 categories reflect an impressive and diverse array of talent and soundscapes from all ages and tribal nations throughout the Americas and Europe as well.”
These are the many voices of the original roots music of the Americas and this year, they arrive at their strongest, and in record-breaking numbers, with over 200 CD and DVD recordings submitted this year for all to hear. The upcoming Awards celebration promises to be unlike any before.
Scheduled to perform at the 13th Annual Native American Music Awards show will be; Derek Miller, Gabriel Ayala, Pipestone, Yarina, Janice Marie Johnson, and a national debut by 13 year old female vocalist, Dylan Jennett. Plus Keith Secola and Nokie Edwards of The Ventures (Wipe Out, Hawaii Five-O) who won Best Instrumental Recording at last year’s Awards show for his solo instrumental effort, “Hitchin’ A Ride,” will be honored with Hall of Fame Inductions. A Jim Thorpe Sports Award Presentation will be made to former Head Coach of the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders, Ted Nolan. Other special guests include Winona LaDuke and Buddy Big Mountain with more to be announced.
Public voting to determine the winner of each category is open to the general public. Music tracks from all nominees are featured on the Awards’ website.
The Native American Music Awards & Association is the world’s largest professional membership-based organization committed to honoring contemporary and traditional Native American music initiatives.
See below for a complete list of official nominees for the 13th Annual Native American Awards. The Native American Music Awards & Association extends its sincerest congratulations to all the 2011 NAMA Nominees.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bobby Bullet (Lac Du Flambeau) – Bigfoot
Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui)– Passion Fire & Grace
JJ Kent (Oglala Sioux) – Prairie Meditation
Joy Harjo (Muskoke) – Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears
Vince Redhouse (Navajo)– Hozhooji’ – The Beauty and Blessing Within Us (Navajo)
Yvonne St. Germaine (Cree) – My Jesus I Love Thee
BEST BLUES RECORDING
Blues Joose Vol1 – Joel Johnson (Tuscarora)
Indian Rock ‘n Roll – Marc Brown & The Blues Crew (Huslia) STOPPED
Recipe for the Blues – Mike Hammar and The Nails (Muscogee Creek)
Rez-Bomb – Cornbred (Onondaga)
Table Top Three – Table Top Three (Onondaga)
Thin Line – Graywolf Blues Band (Yaqui, Seminole, Choctaw, Cherokee, Muskogee)
BEST COMPILATION RECORDING
All My Best – Gilbert Tyner (Comanche)
Honoring Traditions Pow Wow (Intertribal) –Various Artists
Live As One – Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Kalupuya)
The Color of Hope – Various Artists
The Red Road: Peyote Way – Various (Intertribal)
Volume 2 – Two Rivers (Tohono O’odham)
BEST COUNTRY RECORDING
Got You Covered – Leanne Goose & SnowBlind (Inuit & Dene)
Native Heart – C.C. Murdock (Shoshone/Piaute)
Sexy Mama – Rodeo Highway (Navajo)
Shattered Glass – Mike Gouchie (Lheidli T’enneh)
Soul Back Jack – Desiree Dorion (Cree)
The Old Road – Hudson Dean (Grand Ronde)
DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR –
Bear Fox (Mohawk) – Rich Girl
Doc featuring Spencer Battiest (Seminole) – The Storm
Don Amero (Metis) – The Long Way Home
Dylan Jenet Collins (Montaukett) – Hear Our Prayer
Josh Halverson (Mdewakanton Sioux) – These Times
Uno (Cherokee) – A Strange Revolt
DEBUT DUO OR GROUP OF THE YEAR
Aura Surey (Cherokee) – Many Roads Home
Marcus Briggs-Cloud & Anna Rangel-Clough (Muscogee) – Pum Vculvke Vrrakuecetv
Mike Hammar and The Nails (Muscogee Creek) – Recipe for the Blues
October Soul (Lac Courte Oreilles) – Don’t Turn Back
Plenty Wolf Singers (Oglala Lakota) – Plenty Wolf SIngers
Wendy Jo Bradshaw & Rose Yazzi Thomas (Nez Perce/Navajo) – A Great Gift
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Becky Thomas (Cherokee) – Sacred Ground
Desiree Dorion (Cree) – Soul Back Jack
Lady Xplicit (Navajo) – Cali Girl
Leanne Goose & SnowBlind (Inuit & Dene) – Got You Covered
Shelley Morningsong (Northern Cheyenne) – Full Circle
Talibah Begay (Navajo Dine) – Navajo Songs for Children
BEST FOLK RECORDING
Ayosgi (Soldier) – Clear Water Drum (Cherokee/Yaqui/Metis)
Native Anthropology, Challenge, Choice and Promise in the 21st Century – Jack Gladstone (Blackfeet)
Reservation Reflections – Frank “Anakwad†Montano (Ojibwe)
The Long Way Home – Don Amero (Metis)
Under A Different Day – Peter Sackaney (Cree)
You (Understood) – Samantha Crain (Choctaw)
FLUTIST OF THE YEAR –
Anthony Wakeman (Pottowatomi/Oglala Lakota) – Handprints of Our People
Cody Blackbird (Cherokee) – The Journey
Brad Clonch (Choctaw) – Live At The McSwain Theatre
Jason Chamakese (Cree) – Native American Flute Songs Volume 2
Jonathan C. Ward (Lumbee) – An Epic Ride
Vince Redhouse (Navajo) – Hozhooji’ – The Beauty and Blessing Within Us
BEST GOSPEL INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING
God is With You – Echoes of Faith (Lumbee)
Hymns – Golana (Cherokee)
Likanii Tse Bii Holo – Larry Kaibetoney ( Navajo)
My Jesus I Love Thee – Yvonne St. Germaine (Metis)
Passionate Love – Evan Lee Cummins
Sacred Ground – Becky Thomas (Cherokee)
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Marc Brown & The Blues Crew (Huslia) – Indian Rock ‘n Roll
Nake Nula Waun (Rosebud Sioux) – Scars and Bars
Northern Cree (Cree) – Temptations
Pipestone (Ojibwe) – As The Rez Turns
Sayani (Cherokee) – Breakaway
Wind Spirit Drum (Lenape, Mic Mac, Cherokee) – Ancient Winds
BEST HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC RECORDING
Alowanpi: Songs of Honoring, Lakota Classicss Past & Present – Porcupine Singers (Lakota)
My Life Is My Sun Dance: Prison Writings of Leonard Peltier – Harvey Arden w/Rev Goat Carson & New Orleans Light
Native Anthropology, Challenge, Choice and Promise in the 21st Century -Jack Gladstone (Blackfeet)
Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper, by Harvey Arden & Mathew King (Noble Red Man – Lakota)
Pum Vculvke Vrrakuecetv – Marcus Briggs-Cloud & Anna Rangel-Clough (Muscogee)
What Would Crazy Horse Say? – Shadowyze (Muskogee Creek)
BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING
Corn & Boots – Northern Cree Fiddle (Cree)
Where the Sun Rises-Estun-Bah (Apache)
How Sweet The Sound – Southern Scratch (Tohono O’odham)
Passion Fire & Grace – Gabriel Ayala (Yaqui) & Will Clipman
Songs For Turtle Island – Vince Fontaine (Ojibway)
Spider Brings Fire – Nashville String Machine (Chickasaw)
BEST LATIN AMERICAN RECORDING
Great Spirit – Jimmy Lee Young (Mayan)
Indians Colour – Luis Capcha Vilchez (Quechua Inka/Peru)
Pura Vida: This is Pure Life – Randy Granger (Choltan/Mayan)
Sanchito – .Luis Capcha & Naomi Torres (Peruvian Indigenius Quechua Inka)
Tribal Thunder – The Blessed Blend (Taino, Creek, Cherokee)
Taino Prayer Song – Aura Surey (Echota Cherokee, Taino)
BEST MALE ARTIST
Aaron White (Dine) – Handprints of Our People
Derek Miller (Mohawk/Ojibway) – Stoned For Days
Gary Small (Northern Cheyenne) – Wyoming (For Dummies)
Jan Michael Looking Wolf (Kalupuya) – Live As One
Opie Day Bedeau (Chippewa) – One Love Round Dance Songs
Shane Yellowbird (Cree) – It’s About Time
BEST NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH RECORDING
All My Best – Gilbert Tyner (Comanche)
Greatest Hits – Meewasin Oma (Cree)
Love Songs of the Native American Church – Kevin Yazzie (Navajo)
Old Style Native American Peyote Songs – Antonio Woody (Navajo Dine)
Renewed Spirit: Harmonized Church Hymns of the Kiowa – Cheevers Toppah (Kiowa)
The Red Road: Peyote Way – Various
BEST NEW AGE RECORDING
Ancient Elements – Rushingwind & Mucklow (Cahuilla)
Flute Meditations – David Searching Owl (Abnaki)
Hymns – Golana (Cherokee)
It’s About Time – Herman Edward (Okanagan/Similkameen)
Prairie Meditation – JJ Kent (Oglala Sioux)
White Cloud Black Thunder – Black Thunder Singers (Oglala Lakota/Inupiaq/Micmac)
with Randy Armstrong and Volker Nahrmann
BEST POP RECORDING
Bigfoot – Bobby Bullet (Lac Du Flambeau)
Full Circle – Shelley Morningsong (Northern Cheyenne)
Great Spirit – Jimmy Lee Young (Mayan)
Hear Our Prayer – Dylan Jenet Collins (Montaukett)
Scars and Bars – Nake Nula Waun (Rosebud Sioux)
These Times – Josh Halverson (Mdewakanton Sioux)
BEST POW WOW RECORDING
As The Rez Turns – Pipestone (Ojibwe)
Black Thunder – Black Thunder Singers (Oglala Lakota/Inupiaq/Micmac)
Chasing The Sun – Midnite Express (Sioux, Ojibwe, Menominee)
Plenty Wolf SIngers – Plenty Wolf Singers (Oglala Lakota)
Temptations – Northern Cree (Cree)
XI Pow Wow Songs Recorded Live @ San Manuel – Bear Creek (Ojibwe)
BEST PRODUCER
Brad Clonch (Choctaw) – Chickasha Alhiha’
George Morgan – The Water Place
Kevin Charbo & Bob Frank – Shattered Glass
Michael Mucklow– Ancient Elements
Stephen Butler – Handprints of Our People
Vince Fontaine – Songs For Turtle Island
BEST RAP/HIP HOP RECORDING * Three way tie for last nominee slot
A Strange Revolt – Uno (Cherokee)
Cali Girl- Lady Xplicit (Navajo)
Lowlife – Rezhogs (Yakama)
Passionate Love – Evan Lee Cummins (Crow)
Scars and Bars – Nake Nula Waun (Rosebud Sioux)
The Rapture – Buggin Malone (Oneida)
The Storm – Doc featuring Spencer Battiest (Seminole)
RECORD OF THE YEAR
As The Rez Turns – Pipestone (Ojibwe)
An Epic Ride – Jonathan C. Ward (Lumbee)
Full Circle – Shelley Morningsong (Northern Cheyenne)
It’s About Time – Shane Yellowbird (Cree) (US Release)
Mulligan – Tonemah (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora)
Stoned For Days- Derek Miller (Mohawk/Ojibway)
BEST ROCK RECORDING
Alaska Jazz – Archie Cavanaugh (Tlingit)
Don’t Turn Back – October Soul (Lac Courte Oreilles)
Mulligan – Tonemah (Kiowa/Comanche/Tuscarora)
The Red Album – Original Xit aka Ox Boyz (Taos, Santa Domingo, Laguna Pueblo)
Tribal Thunder – The Blessed Blend (Taino, Creek, Cherokee)
Wyoming (For Dummies) – Gary Small & The Coyote Brothers (Northern Cheyenne)
SONG SINGLE OF THE YEAR –
“All My Relations†– Duane Deemer Wind Horse (Choctaw/Cherokee)
“Cybergirl†– Raphael Deas (Apache)
“Heavy†– Nake Nula Waun (Rosebud Sioux)
“Hometown Hero†– Dark Water Rising (Lumbie/Cohorie)
“I Can Help You With That†– Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
“Out of Many We Are One†– Joseph FireCrow, Thomasina Levy & Others (Northern Cheyenne)
“The Storm†– Doc featuring Spencer Battiest (Seminole)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Dawn Avery & Janet Rogers (Mohawk) – Our Fire
Jack Gladstone – Native Anthropology Challenge, Choice and Promise in the 21st Century
Kyra Climbingbear (Eastern Cherokee) – Kyra Climbingbear
Rona Yellow Robe & Bruce Witham Robe (Chippewa Cree) – Voice of the Trees
Jamie Brace (Lac Courte Oreilles) – Don’t Turn Back
Josh Halverson (Mdewakanton Sioux) – These Times
BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING
Just For Kids – Deborah New Moon Rising (Abenaki)
Moccasins and Microphones: Modern Native Storytelling through Performance Poetry – Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team (Intertribal)
My Life Is My Sun Dance, by Harvey Arden and Leonard Peltier with arrangements by Rev. Goat Carson and the New Orleans Light
Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper, by Harvey Arden & Mathew King (Noble Red Man)
Red Grass – Terry Lee Whetstone (Cherokee)
BEST TRADITONAL RECORDING
Faith, Hope, Charity, Compassion – Nantaanii Nez Yeis The Eteittys (Navajo)
It’s A New Day For Love – Oshkii Giizhik Singers (Anishnaabe)
Keshjee, Navajo Shoegame Songs – Porcupine Singers (Navajo)
Navajo Songs for Children – Talibah Begay (Navajo Dine)
The Gift of Love – Randy Wood (Cree)
Wiohinhanble The Dream (Rosebud Sioux) – Kashnapi The Mystic Elk Dreamer (Rosebud Sioux)
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO –
Can’t Change The World – Shy-Anne Hovorka (Metis)
Grandfather – Wind Spirit Drum, Karla La Rive, Chris Crosby
Live As One – Jan Michael Looking Wolf & Various Artists
Pick Up Truck – Shane Yellowbird (Cree)
Stoned For Days – Derek Miller (Mohawk/Ojibway)
XI Pow Wow Songs Recorded Live @ San Manuel – Bear Creek (Ojibwe)
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO
Blake & Tracy Nelson and The Native Blues Band & Guests (Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians)
Injunuity (Chickasaw/Choctaw) – Live At The McSwain Theatre
Journey To Soul Blessings – Tony Redhouse (Navajo)
Live At The Winsted Green – Joseph FireCrow (Northern Cheyenne)
Questions For Crazy Horse – Oliver Tuthill
Pow Wow Music -Cree Confederation
BEST WAILA RECORDING
A Little Beat of Something For Everyone – Native Pride (Tohono O’odham)
Corn & Boots – Northern Cree Fiddle (Cree)
How Sweet The Sound – Southern Scratch (Tohono O’odham)
PD – Live – Papago Warrior (Tohono O’odham)
Pure Nativez – Pure Nativez (Tohono O’odham)
Timeless – Native Thunder (Tohono O’odham)
BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING
Indians Colour – Luis Capcha Vilchez (Quechua/Peru)
Kayas – Rhonda Head (Cree)
Many Roads Home – Aura Surey (Cherokee)
Pura Vida – This is Pure Life – Randy Granger (Choltan/Mayan)
Red Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears – Joy Harjo (Muskoke)
Valley of Thunder – Gvwi (Cherokee)
NATIVE HEART
Bernhard Wolfsheart Weilguni – Call of the Canyons
Harvey Arden – Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper, by Harvey Arden & Mathew King (Noble Red Man): Lakota Wisdom Keepers
Jonny Lipford – Breeze @ 72 Degrees
Marco Capelli Frucht – Frybread
Peter Phippen – Summerland
Terry Frazier – My Spirit Voice