2021 NOMINEES
ARTISTIC VIDEO
Solidification
(Leanne Betasamosake Simpson)
Sammy Chien and the Chimerik Collective
Easier
(Nadjiwan) Meriläinen Müsic Inc.,
Laura Meriläinen & Marc Meriläinen
Mother Roots
(Silla And Rise) Rise Ashen
Monsters
(The Northstars)
Like A Record
(Troy Koko) Troy Kokol
COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Break The Chain
Desiree Dorion
Big Dream
Esther Pennell
Don’t Mind If I Do
Jerry Sereda
Shine
Leah Belle
Last Ride
The C-weed Band
HAND DRUM-FIDDLE-INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Singing is Healing
Joel Wood
Manitou Mkwa Singers Volume 2
Manitou Mkwa
Four Sacred Colours
Tee Cloud
INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS ARTIST-GROUP RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Sky Songs
Alena Murang
Dockside Saints
Cary Morin
Cihkkojuvvon / Hidden
Gájanas
A Small Death
Samantha Crain
Vildaluodda / Wildprint
VILDÁ
INUIT ARTIST-GROUP OF THE YEAR
Hyper-T
Silla and Rise
Silver Wolf Band
LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Joey Stylez and
Carsen Gray
Victory Dance
Joshua Arden Miller
Toronto Blues Society 35 Years of Blues
Sandrine Masse-Savard
Yawenda and wendat chants
Shauit
Nutshimam
Shawnee
Warrior Heart
METIS ARTIST-GROUP OF THE YEAR
Blue Moon Marquee
Brandi Vezina
Electric Religious
G.R. Gritt
Sandra Sutter
MUSIC IN THE ARTS
Cris Derksen
Indigenous Fashion Week
Okara
Okara LIVE
Twin Flames
Grace Too
POP-ALTERNATIVE-ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dreamweaver
Anachnid
Warrior Sun
Joey Stylez and
Carsen Gray
Theory of Ice
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Quanah Style
Quanah Style
Omen
Twin Flames
POW WOW TRADITIONAL-CONTEMPORARY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Manitou Mkwa Singers Volume 2
Manitou Mkwa
Kepmite’lsultinej: Honour Our People
Stoney Bear Singers
Honouring Our Languages
Wabanaki Confederacy
RADIO SONG SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Some Kind of Hell
Burnstick
Sah ‘Laana
Carsen Gray
Manidoo Dewe’igan
Cody Coyote
Super Power
Joey Stylez
Battlefields
Twin Flames
RAP-HIP HOP-ELECTRONICA ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Dreamweaver
Anachnid
20/20
Mattmac
Let the games begin
Rich n Beka
Electric Turtle Dreams
Sean Beaver
Nightmares
The Northstars
RECORDING ARTIST(S) OF THE YEAR
Anachnid
Burnstick
DJ Shub
Murray Porter
Twin Flames
RISING STAR
Angel Baribeau
Joshua Arden Miller
Kaeley Jade
Logan Staats
Mary Bryton
ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Ridge
Julian Taylor
North Star Calling
Leela Gilday
STAND UP
Murray Porter
Made Of
Nick Sherman
As The Stars Explode
The North Sound
SOCIAL VOICE
G.R. Gritt
Jah’kota
Burnstick
Leela Gilday
Murray Porter
YOUTH LEADERSHIP IN MUSIC
Cody Coyote
Q052
Warrior Women
