2009 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards announced in Winnipeg
The complete list of winners at the 2009 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards
Best Country CD
Sierra Noble -- Possibilities (Winnipeg, Man.)
Best Group or Duo
Eagle & Hawk (Winnipeg, Man.)
Aboriginal Entertainer of the Year
Crystal Shawanda (Wikwemikong, Ont.)
Best Folk or Acoustic CD
Buffy Sainte-Marie -- Running For The Drum (Me. and Mass., USA / Sask., Canada)
Best New Artist
Inez (Chilliwack, B.C.)
Best Pop CD
Inez -- Singsoulgirl (Chilliwack, B.C.)
Best Pow Wow CD - Contemporary
Whitefish Bay Singers -- Whitefish Bay Singers (Whitefish Bay, Ont.)
Best Pow Wow CD Traditional (tie)
Brown Eagle -- In the Spirit of Brown Eagle (Winnipeg, Man.)
Red Bull -- Gold (Little Pine First Nation, Sask.)
Best Rock CD
Eagle & Hawk -- Sirensong (Winnipeg, Man.)
Single of the Year
Inez -- Breathe (Chilliwack, B.C.)
Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year
Tracy Bone -- No Lies (Winnipeg, Man.)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Best Flute CD
Jonathan Maracle -- Christmas on Turtle Island (Tyendinaga Territory, Ont.)
Best Music Video
Joey Stylez -- Sugar Cane (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Best Instrumental CD
Jonathan Maracle -- Christmas on Turtle Island (Tyendinaga Territory, Ont.)
Ka-kee-nee Konee Pewonee Okimow: Minister Robinson Most Outstanding Aboriginal Manitoban Award (Emerging artist)
Darrelyne Bickel (The Pas, Man.)
Best Hand Drum CD
Eagle River -- Campfire Blues (Alexis First Nation, Alta.)
Best Gospel CD
Yvonne St. Germaine -- Turning My Day Around (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Best Peyote CD
Meewasin Oma -- Great Spirit Hear Our Prayers (Saskatoon, Sask.)
Best Album Cover Design
Inez -- Singsoulgirl (Chilliwack, B.C.)
Best Television Program Promotion of Aboriginal Music
Aboriginal Day Live '09 (Winnipeg, Man.)
Best International Artist
Andrea Menard (Regina, Sask.)
Best Producer or Engineer
Eagle & Hawk -- Sirensong (Winnipeg, Man.)
Best Aboriginal Music Radio Station Program
Think NDN (Vancouver, B.C.)
Aboriginal Radio Single of the Year
Crystal Shawanda -- Dawn of a New Day (Wikwemikong, Ont.)
Best Rap or Hip-hop CD
Wab Kinew -- Live By The Drum (Winnipeg, Man.)
Best Blues CD
Billy Joe Green -- First Law of the Land -- If Broken, Return to Maker (Winnipeg, Man.)