Canku Ota - May 2017 - Here Are the Nominees For The 2017 Indigenous Music Awards

	Canku Ota
	(Many Paths)
	An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America
	May 2017 - Volume 15 Number 5


	Here Are the Nominees For The 2017 Indigenous Music Awards
	by Josiah Hughes - Exclaim! Media Inc. (http://exclaim.ca)

Next month, the Indigenous Music Awards will celebrate and honour achievements from Indigenous artists and industry professionals around the globe. Formerly known as the Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Music Awards, the event is set to hit Winnipeg's Club Regent Event Centre next month. Today, the nominees have been revealed.

Awards will be handed out in 18 categories. There were over 200 submissions from across North America, and the winners were determined by a panel of industry professionals.

Exclaim! is proud to present the Best Music Video award, which includes nominations for DJ Shub, District Avenue, Jade Turner, JC Campbell and Logan Staats.

The Indigenous Music Awards will take place on May 19. The awards for Best Hand Drum Album, Best Peyote Album, Best Pow Wow — Contemporary and Best Pow Wow — Traditional will be presented at the Manito Ahbee International Pow Wow.

Check out the full list of nominees below, and pick up tickets for the awards here.

2017 Indigenous Music Awards nominees:

Best Blues Album:	Best Country Album:
Blue Dog - Red-White & Blues Cary Morin – Cradle to the Grave Grey Gritt – Live at the NACC Levi Platero – Levi Platero The Gary Sappier Blues Band – The Gary Sappier Blues Band, Vol. 2	Cory Cardinal – North of Town Roads Jade Turner – North Country JC Campbell – Four Letter Lie Kimberley Dawn – Til the Cowboys Come Home Renée Lamoureux – Dare to Be You

Best Folk Album:	Best Inuit, Indigenous Language, or Francophone Album:
Christa Couture – Long Time Leaving Logan Staats – Goodbye Goldia Nadia & Jason Burnstick - Dream Big Little One Nick Sherman – Knives and Wildrice Twin Flames – Jaaji & Chelsey June	Frazer Sundown – Love is a War Dance Nimuk – Nimuk & Friends Rhonda Head – Kisakihitan Silla + Rose – Debut Skicinawatuwahtiq – Skicinawatuwahtiq

Best Instrumental Album:	Best Pop Album:
Cris Derksen – Cris Derksen: Orchestral Powwow DJ Shub – PowWowStep R. Carlos Nakai Quartet – What Lies Beyond Sean Beaver – NYD Ziibiwan – Time Limits	Awaken Aries – The Extraordinaries Anthology Vol. 1 Carsen Gray – CARSEN GRAY Jace Martin – Mighty Mariame – Bloom Native Roots – Most High Tara Williamson – Songs to Keep Us Warm

Best Rap/Hip Hop Album:	Best Rock Album:
B. of Dakota South Records – OHHH! B. City Natives – Nomadic Chase Manhattan – Warrior DNA Joey Stylez – #GREYMAGIC J-Rez – Tipi Creepin' Rellik – The Dream	Digawolf – Great Northern Man Julian Taylor Band – Desert Star Kristi Lane Sinclair – Dark Matter The Bloodshots – The Bloodshots The Deeds – Late O'Clock

Best New Artist:	Best Radio Single:
Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie – Round Dance and Beats Carsen Gray – CARSEN GRAY Lisa Muswagon – Buffalo and Rabbits Mariame – Bloom Ziibiwan – Time Limits	Black & Grey – Pretty Little Nightmare Carsen Gray – Supernatural DJ Shub – Old School is for Lovers feat. Morningstar River Mob Bounce – All My Relations NADJIWAN – All Those Years Wolf Saga – Auburn Nights

Best Music Video:	Best Producer/Engineer:
DJ Shub – Indomitable feat. Northern Cree Singers District Avenue – Revival Jade Turner – Worth JC Campbell – Four Letter Lie Logan Staats – Ash's	Crystal Shawanda, New Sun Records – Missy Knott/My Sister's Heart Derek Miller, Thru The Red Door – Logan Staats/Goodbye Goldia Larry Mitchell, Indigenous Solutions, Inc. Studios – Indigie Femme/Justify Murray Pulver, Murray Pulver – JC Campbell/Four Letter Lie Tom Dutiaume, Hangar Studio – Kimberley Dawn/Til The Cowboys Come Home

Best International Indigenous Release:	Best Radio Station Program – Promoting Indigenous Music:
Glenn Skuthorpe – See My World LUMALTOK - Vukub Ja'Vil Ta Lumaltok / Siete Años entre La Neblina Tasha T – Fire In Me The Imbayakunas – Imbaya Full Flavour Warren H Williams & Dani Young – Desert Water	Indigenous in Music with Larry K Unreserved: Radio Indigenous, CBC Radio One IndiPOW with Layla Black, Jukasa Radio Native Waves Radio/NDNs on the Airwave, Native Waves Radio/2Ro Media Inc. ThinkNDN, 100.5fm CFRO

Best Hand Drum Album:	Best Peyote Album:
Big River Cree – Those Old Back Trails Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie – Round Dance and Beats Frog Lake Handgame Singers – Tribute to late Charlie Quinney Northern Cree – It's A Cree Thing Shane Redstar – Loud and Proud	Edmond Poochey – Peyote Songs Judy Curley/Pahsaknunk – Walking with the Spirit Lance Crowe – Sacred Medicine Utin Machiskinic – Comfort & Compassion Wanita Bird & Joe PoorThunder – Water Is Life

Best Pow Wow - Contemporary Album:	Best Pow Wow - Traditional Album:
Battle Hill – New Age Blackstone – Celebration of Life Northern Cree – True North Strong and Cree Ottawa River Singers – Sing From The Heart	New Agency – OLD STYLEZ VOL. 1 Whitefish Bay Singers – Aaw'pii 2016 Young Bear – Belongs to the People







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