Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year

Singer Tanya Tagaq was the 2015 recipient of the award for her album Animism.

The Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year is an annual award presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the best album by a Canadian aboriginal person. It was formerly known as Aboriginal Recording of the Year (2003–2009) and Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording (1994–2002).

The award faced controversy in its inaugural year, after nominee Sazacha Red Sky was accused of cultural appropriation.[1] According to the surviving children of Chief Dan George, the writer of the song she had been nominated for, she was not personally a member of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and according to the George family did not have the right to record it under their cultural traditions.[1] George's son Leonard sought a legal injunction to prevent the award from being presented at the Juno Awards ceremony at all,[2] and a final compromise revising Red Sky's nomination to reflect the album instead of the song was announced on the morning of the ceremony.[3]

Winners

Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording (1994–2002)

Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.
1994 Wapistan Wapistan Is Lawrence Martin
  • "Booglatamooti (The Indian Song)" performed by J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather
  • "Grandfather" performed by J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather
  • "Stoney Park" performed by Stoney Park Singers
    •
  • "The Prayer Song" (revised to Red Sky Rising)[3] performed by Sazacha Red Sky
 [4]
1995 Susan Aglukark Arctic Rose [5]
1996 Jerry Alfred and the Medicine Beat ETSI Shon "Grandfather Song" [6]
1997 Buffy Sainte-Marie Up Where We Belong [7]
1998 Mishi Donovan The Spirit Within
  • Little Island Cree - World Hand Drum Champions performed by Little Island Cree with Clayton Chief
  • Necessary performed by No Reservations
  • That Side of the Window performed by Tom Jackson
    •
  • Walk Away performed by Fara Palmer
 [8]
1999 Robbie Robertson Contact from the Underworld of Redboy
  • Hearts of the Nations performed by The 1997 Aboriginal Women's Voices Group
  • Message from a Drum performed by J. Hubert Francis and Eagle Feather
  • Thirst performed by Jani Lauzon
    •
  • Welcome to the Playground performed by TKO
 [9]
2000 Chester Knight and the Wind Falling Down
  • Love that Strong performed by Elizabeth Hill
  • To Bring Back Yesterday performed by Fara Palmer
  • Touch the Earth and Sky performed by Vern Cheechoo
    •
  • World Hand Drum Champions '98 performed by Red Bull
 [10]
2001 Florent Vollant Nipaiamianan [11]
2002 Eagle & Hawk On and On
  • Crazy Maker performed by Marcel Gagnon
  • Dark Realm performed by Nakoda Lodge
  • Strength & Hope performed by Billy Joe Green performed by My Ojibway Experience
    •
  • Riel's Road performed by Sandy Scofield
 [12]

Aboriginal Recording of the Year (2003–2009)

Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.
2003 Derek Miller Lovesick Blues
  • The Right Combination performed by Vern Cheechoo and Lawrence Martin
  • solid wood performed by Leela Gilday performed by spirit world
  • Standing Strong performed by Chester Knight
    •
  • Round Dance the Night Away performed by Randy Wood
 [13]
2004 Susan Aglukark Big Feeling
  • The Avenue performed by Burnt Project 1
  • Mother Earth performed by Eagle & Hawk
  • Ketwam performed by Sandy Scofield
    •
  • In Honour of Percy Dreaver performed by Whitefish Jrs.
 [14]
2005 Taima Taima [15]
2006 Burnt Project 1 Hometown [16]
2007 Leela Gilday Sedzé
  • Blood Red Earth performed by Susan Aglukark
  • Burn performed by Jason Burnstick
  • Seeds performed by Digging Roots
    •
  • Stay Red performed by Northern Cree
 [17]
2008 Derek Miller The Dirty Looks
  • Home and Native Land performed by Little Hawk
  • Nikawiy Askiy performed by Sandy Scofield
  • Phoenix performed by Fara Palmer
    •
  • What It Takes performed by Donny Parenteau
 [18]
2009 Buffy Sainte-Marie Running for the Drum
  • Auk/Blood performed by Tanya Tagaq
  • First Law of the Land performed by Billy Joe Green
  • No Lies performed by Tracy Bone
    •
  • The World (And Everything In It) performed by Team Rezofficial
 [19]

Aboriginal Album of the Year (2010–present)

Year Winner(s) Album Nominees Ref.
2010 Digging Roots We Are...
  • Distant Morning Star performed by Digawolf
  • Swagger performed by Lucie Idlout
  • Sing Soul Girl performed by Inez Jasper
    •
  • Trail of Tears performed by Wayne Lavallee
 [20]
2011 CerAmony CerAmony [21]
2012 Murray Porter Songs Lived and Life Played [22]
2013 Crystal Shawanda Just Like You [23]
2014 George Leach Surrender
  • Keep a Fire performed by Amanda Rheaume
  • Small Town Stories performed by Desiree Dorion
  • Burn Me Down performed by Inez Jasper
    •
  • Road Renditions performed by Nathan Cunningham
 [24]
2015 Tanya Tagaq Animism [25]
2016 Buffy Sainte-Marie Power in the Blood
  • Armond Duck Chief, The One
  • Black Bear, Come and Get Your Love: The Tribe Session
  • Derek Miller, Rumble
  • Don Amero, Refined

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Controversy surrounds aboriginal category". Montreal Gazette, March 20, 1994.
  2. ↑ "Dispute threatens aboriginal Juno award". Toronto Star, March 19, 1994.
  3. 1 2 "Juno compromise reached in native song controversy". Toronto Star, March 20, 1994.
  4. ↑ "Nominees: 1994". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nominees: 1995". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nominees: 1996". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nominees: 1997". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Nominees: 1998". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Nominees: 1999". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Nominees: 2000". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Nominees: 2001". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Nominees: 2002". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Nominees: 2003". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Nominees: 2004". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Nominees: 2005". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Nominees: 2006". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Nominees: 2007". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Nominees: 2008". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Nominees: 2009". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Nominees: 2010". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Nominees: 2011". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Nominees: 2012". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Nominees: 2013". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Nominees: 2014". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Nominees: 2015". JunoAwards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
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