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2000 Music Award Winners |
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For the second year, The Canadian
Aboriginal Festival, held at SkyDome November 24, 2000,
put the spotlight on the tremendous talent and diversity
of Aboriginal performers at The Canadian Aboriginal
Music Awards.
With over one hundred and sixty-five
entries, it was not an easy task for judges to select
winners in the 15 musical categories. The success of
this musical awards evening will grow in next year's
Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and for years to come.
And the winners for 2000 are...
BEST TRADITIONAL
ALBUM - CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORIC
On Ji Da - On Ji Da Manitoba
BEST DRUM SONGS ALBUM -
Sweetgrass Records - Best of the Best Saskatchewan
BEST POW WOW ALBUM - TRADITIONAL
Red Bull - The Best of Red Bull Saskatchewan
BEST POW WOW ALBUM - CONTEMPORARY
Nakoda Lodge - Chico's Trail Alberta
BEST SONG (Single)
Sandy Scofield - "Beat the Drum" from Riel's
Road British Columbia
BEST SONGWRITER
Mishi Donovan - Journey Home Saskatchewan
BEST PRODUCER/ENGINEER
Vern Cheechoo/John Switzer - Touch the Earth
and Sky Ontario
BEST ALBUM COVER DESIGN
Little Island Cree/ Dark Horse Studio - Indian
Country Saskatchewan
BEST GROUP OR DUO
Slowhand - Stranded Manitoba |
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BEST ROCK
ALBUM
George Leach - Just Where I'm At British Columbia
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
Priscilla Morin - Waiting For You Alberta
BEST FOLK ALBUM
Jacinthe Trudeau - Echo Ontario
BEST NEW AGE/ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
Sandy Scofield - Riel's Road British Columbia
BEST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
Locos Bravos - Locos Bravos, Mandala British
Columbia
BEST MALE ARTIST
George Leach - Just Where I'm At British Columbia
BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Fara - Pretty Brown British Columbia
THE RECIPIENTS OF THE THREE NOMINATION AWARDS
ARE:
KEEPER OF TRADITIONS AWARD - Flora Wallace, B.C
LIFE-TIME CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD - William Tagoona,
Quebec
MUSIC INDUSTRY AWARD - Kelly Parker, Saskatchewan |
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