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The Week in Review
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Douglas Spotted Eagle, Tom Bee.
GRAMMY Winners.
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First Native GRAMMY awarded
It took ten years but after lots of hard work on
behalf of the Native music industry, the first
GRAMMY award dedicated solely to Native artistry
was awarded to the "Gathering of Nations" pow-wow
soundtrack.
Producers Tom Bee and Douglas Spotted Eagle took
home the honor for the "Best Native American
Music Album" on behalf of the two dozen drum
groups represented on the recording. Which means
you'll definitely want to attend this year's
pow-wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in April.
So what's next? Will we see a category honoring
contemporary Native musicians? Only time will tell.
In the meantime, you'll just have to wait to see
who is nominated next year for the category.
Get the Story:
GRAMMY
show full of surprises (2/20)
Next
GRAMMY: Contemporary Native music? (2/21)
Gathering
of Nations wins first Native GRAMMY (2/22)
Studio
happy for GRAMMY nods (2/22)
Norton, Principi address tribal leaders
Secretary of Interior Gale Norton chose the
National Congress of American Indians' winter
session to make her first ever public speech and promised
to become an advocate for tribal governments throughout
the country.
Tribal leaders were mostly silent during her confirmation
hearings but judging by their reception of Norton
and their questions to her, they were holding back
in anticipation of developing a relationship with
the new Department. The budget, trust lands, and
gaming were just some of the issues they raised with
Norton.
Anthony Principi, the new Secretary of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, also addressed NCAI and outlined
his major priorities for America's veterans. He
paid special attention to the needs of Indian Country's
many tribal warriors in a speech dedicated to their
often unrecognized service.
Tribal leaders at NCAI were also urged to
start fighting a potential federal judgeship for
defeated Senator Slade Gorton of Washington.
Get the Story:
Norton
outlines Indian Country priorities (2/23)
Norton
fields questions from tribal leaders (2/23)
Transcript
of Norton's NCAI speech (2/23)
Principi
salutes Native veterans (2/23)
Action
urged on Gorton judgeship (2/23)
more stories
There's still more to read in the recap
of the top stories.
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