Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album
{{Short description|Honor presented to recording artists for quality Native American music albums}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album
| awarded_for = Quality works in the Native American music genre
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| presenter = National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
| country = United States
| year = 2001
| year2 = 2011
| website = [http://www.grammy.com/ grammy.com]
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The Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/grammys/env-grammy_awards_info,0,5279018.htmlstory?track=center|title=Grammy Awards at a Glance|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309064412/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/factsheets/env-grammy_awards_info%2C0%2C5838827.htmlstory|archive-date=March 9, 2012|url-status=live}} to recording artists for quality albums in the Native American music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy|title=Overview|access-date=July 8, 2011|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182938/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=live}}
Following a three-year lobbying effort by Ellen Bello, founder of the Native American Music Awards and the Native American Music Association,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/nyregion/a-grammy-for-indians.html|title=A Grammy for Indians|first=Robbie|last=Woliver|date=June 11, 2000|access-date=July 15, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527134619/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/nyregion/a-grammy-for-indians.html|archive-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=live}} the Grammy award was first presented to Tom Bee and Douglas Spotted Eagle in 2001 as the producers of the compilation album Gathering of Nations Pow Wow. Previously, Native American recordings had been placed in the folk, world or new-age music categories.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=umctAAAAIBAJ&pg=4208,1360193&dq|title=Grammy honors Native Americans|date=June 9, 2000|access-date=July 15, 2010|work=The Hour|location=Norwalk, Connecticut}} While some Native American artists criticized the award category for being "too narrowly defined to accommodate the breadth of today's Indian music", others took pride in its inclusion.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/16/arts/arts-in-america-beyond-drumbeats-new-sounds-from-indian-country.html?scp=4&sq=|title=Arts in America; Beyond Drumbeats: New Sounds From Indian Country|first=Joshua|last=Brockman|date=January 16, 2002|access-date=July 15, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040637/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/16/arts/arts-in-america-beyond-drumbeats-new-sounds-from-indian-country.html?scp=4&sq=|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/21/arts/the-pop-life-native-genre-takes-pride-of-place-at-the-grammys.html|title=The Pop Life; Native Genre Takes Pride Of Place at The Grammys|first=Neil|last=Strauss|date=February 21, 2001|access-date=July 15, 2010|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527170107/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/21/arts/the-pop-life-native-genre-takes-pride-of-place-at-the-grammys.html|archive-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=live}} The name of the award remained unchanged between 2001 and 2011. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award was presented to "vocal or instrumental Native American music albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", with the intent to honor recordings of a more "traditional nature".{{cite web|url=http://www2.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf|title=52nd OEP Category Description Guide|access-date=July 15, 2010|page=5|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027172820/http://www.grammy.com/PDFs/Recording_Academy/52guide.pdf|archive-date=October 27, 2009}}
As performing artists, Bill Miller and Mary Youngblood share the record for the most wins in this category, with two each. Thomas Wasinger holds the record for the most wins as a producer, with three. The group Black Lodge Singers holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with seven. In 2011, the category Best Native American Music Album was eliminated along with thirty others due to a major overhaul by the Recording Academy. Four additional categories in the American Roots Music field were eliminated (Best Contemporary Folk Album, Best Hawaiian Music Album, Best Traditional Folk Album, Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album).{{cite news|title=Grammys nix Cajun, Zydeco category|last=Daigle|first=Cody|url=http://www.zydecoonline.com/dev/index.php?name=News&file=print&sid=448|location=Lafayette, Louisiana|work=The Advertiser|date=April 7, 2011|access-date=April 16, 2011|publisher=Gannett Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162310/http://www.zydecoonline.com/dev/index.php?name=News&file=print&sid=448|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.fox44now.com/story/14430501/grammy-for-best-zydeco-or-cajun-album-goes-to-chubby-carrier-and-the-bayou-swamp-band?redirected=true|title=Grammy for Best Zydeco or Cajun Album Goes to Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band|date=2011|access-date=April 27, 2011|publisher=WFFF-TV|location=Burlington, Vermont}} Native American works will now be eligible for the Best Regional Roots Music Album category.
Recipients
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Image:Janna Mashonee at Poncan Theatre.jpg nominee Jana, performing in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 2010]]
{{note|1|[I]}} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.
See also
References
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