WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Niagara Falls, NY – The Winners for the 14th Annual Native American Music Awards were announced live on Friday, May 10th in the Events Center of the Seneca Niagara Hotel & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY.Winners were selected by the combined votes of the Native American Music Awards  (N.A.M.A.) Advisory Board Membership Committee with an international general public voting membership.  General Public voting was open on the Awards website VOTE NOW page where music tracks of all nominees were featured.Both new and established artists shared the list of winners throughout a diverse array of over 30 music categories spanning all genres. Over 200 CD and DVD recordings submitted this year for nomination consideration. This year’s Awards celebration kept its promise to be unlike any before.See below for a complete list of official winners from the 14th Annual Native American Awards. The Native American Music Awards & Association extends its sincerest congratulations to all the 2013 NAMA Award winners.    14th Annual Native American Music Awards WINNERS ARTIST OF THE YEAR Tony Duncan Earth WarriorBEST BLUES RECORDING Up From The Ashes Mitch Walking ElkBEST COMPILATION RECORDING The Longest Walk Lorena Windfeather NavarezBEST COUNTRY RECORDING Ali Fontaine Ali Fontaine DEBUT ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ryan Little Eagle Molina Straight From The Heart DEBUT GROUP OF YEAR Big River Cree The Old Way BEST FEMALE ARTIST Fawn Wood Iskewewak: Songs of Indigenous Womanhood BEST FOLK/AMERICANA RECORDING Spirit of a Woman Kelly Jackson BEST FLUTE RECORDING Joseph FireCrow Night Walk BEST GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL RECORDING The Desire of Nations Honey Dawn Karima and Cloudwalker GROUP OF THE YEAR Big City Indians Tuwa BEST HISTORICAL /LINGUISTIC RECORDING Celebrate Kalan Wi BEST INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING Homeland Nation Soundtrack Rickey Medlocke BEST MALE ARTIST Wayne Silas Jr. True Round Dance Songs BEST NEW AGE RECORDING Among The Ancients Rushingwind & Mucklow BEST POP RECORDING Stay With Me Baby Jana Mashonee BEST POW WOW RECORDING Memories Emmanuel Black Bear BEST PRODUCER Francois Couture Yahndawa’ BEST RAP HIP HOP RECORDING Love Me Down Ralphael Deas RECORD OF THE YEAR Shi Keyah Songs For The People Radmilla Cody BEST ROCK RECORDING Find My Way Saving Damsels SONG/SINGLE OF THE YEAR Hear My Cry Frank Waln & Cody Blackbird SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR Peter Sackaney Where Love Belongs BEST SPOKEN WORD RECORDING I Am Woman, Kwe Lena Recollect BEST TRADITIONAL RECORDING Tsionathonwisen Akwesasne Women Singers BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO A Tribute To Our Heros CC Murdock BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO Homeland Nation Various Artists BEST WAILA RECORDING In Loving Memory T.O. Combo BEST WORLD MUSIC RECORDING Hostiles & Renegades Gary Small & the Coyote Bros NATIVE HEART Sybille Hummingbird Serenity LIVING LEGEND Nelly Furtado HALL OF FAME Russell Means #     #     #