Award Winners
National Aboriginal Achievement Award Recipients
2009
- Melanie Jackson - Arts
- Dennis Jackson - Arts
- Allan C. McLeod - Business & Commerce
- Stephen J. Augustine - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Cecil King - Education
- Gordon W. Prest - Environment and Natural Resources
- Candace Grier-Lowe - Health
- Delia Opekokew - Law & Justice
- The Rev. Stan Cuthand, B.Th. - Lifetime Achievement
- Matt Test - Matt Test
- Carol Morin - Media & Communication
- Paul Okalik - Politics
- Joan Glode - Public Service
- Chelsea Lavallée - Special Youth
- Adam Sioui - Sports
- Mervin J. Dewasha - Technology & Trades
2008
- Shirley Cheechoo - Arts
- Jim Boucher - Business & Commerce
- Hubert Skye - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Marie Ann Battiste - Education
- Elizabeth (Tshaukuesh) Penashue - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Jeff Reading, MSc. PhD - Health
- David C. Nahwegahbow, I.P.C. - Law & Justice
- Norval Morrisseau - Lifetime Achievement
- Paul Andrew - Media & Communication
- Joseph Leon Handley - Politics
- Sylvia B. Maracle - Public Service
- Boyd Wesley Benjamin - Special Youth
- Reggie Leach - Sports
- Technology & Trades - Technology & Trades
2007
- Joane Cardinal-Schubert - Arts
- Jack Poole - Business & Commerce
- Alestine Andre - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Joe Michel - Education
- Chief David Walkem - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Joseph Couture - Health
- Hugh Braker - Law & Justice
- Bertha Clark Jones - Lifetime Achievement
- Lisa Meeches - Media & Communication
- Fred Carmichael - Politics
- Lewis Cardinal - Public Service
- James Makokis - Special Youth
- Wegadesk Gorup-Paul - Sports
- Monica Peters - Technology & Trades
2006
- Jane Ash Poitras - Arts
- Bernd Christmas - Business & Commerce
- Wendy Grant-John - Community Development
- Gladys Taylor Cook - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Taiaiake (Gerald) Alfred - Education
- Billy Day - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Herb Belcourt - Housing
- James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson - Law & Justice
- Jim Sinclair - Lifetime Achievement
- Myra Cree - Media & Communication
- George Tuccaro - Media & Communication
- Tony Belcourt - Public Service
- Andrea Dykstra - Special Youth
- Shirley Firth Larsson - Sports
2005
- Joe Jacobs - Arts
- Dr. Gerald McMaster - Arts
- Douglas Golosky - Business & Commerce
- Judy Gingell - Community Development
- John Joe Sark - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Eber Hampton - Education
- Dr. Emma LaRocque - Education
- Andy Carpenter Sr. - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Thomas Dignan - Health
- Bertha Allen - Lifetime Achievement
- Brenda Chambers - Media & Communication
- Lolly Annahatak - Social Services
- Fauna Kingdon - Special Youth
- Sharon Anne Firth - Sports
2004
- Osuitok Ipeelee - Arts
- Tina Keeper - Arts
- Susan Point - Arts
- Chief Clarence Louie - Business & Commerce
- Basil Johnston - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Carl Urion - Education
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier - Environment and Natural Resources
- Muriel Stanley Venne - Law & Justice
- Andrew T. Delisle, Sr. - Lifetime Achievement
- Suzanne Rochon Burnett - Media & Communication
- Hon. Pearl Calahasen - Public Service
- Lee Wilson - Science and Technology
- Kristinn Frederickson - Special Youth
2003
- John Arcand - Arts
- Tom King - Arts
- Mel E. Benson - Business & Commerce
- Gary Bosgoed - Business & Commerce
- Mary Richard - Community Development
- Charles Edward Lennie - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Leroy Little Bear - Education
- Simon Lucas - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Judith Bartlett MD - Health
- Dr. Jay Wortman - Health
- John J. Borrows - Law & Justice
- Robbie Robertson - Lifetime Achievement
- Sophie Pierre - Public Service
- Matthew Dunn - Special Youth
2002
- Ohito Ashoona - Arts
- Frieda Diesing - Arts
- Harry Deneron - Business & Commerce
- Leonard (Len) G. Flett - Business & Commerce
- George Kurszewski - Community Development
- Elder Noel Knockwood - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Roy Fox - Energy
- Dr. Gilles Pinette - Health
- Alex Janvier - Lifetime Achievement
- Gail Gutherie Valaskakis - Media & Communication
- Jonah Kelly - Media & Communication
- Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton - Public Service
- Jordin Tootoo - Special Youth
- Michael Nepinak - Sports
2001
- Tomson Highway - Arts
- Dolly Watts - Business & Commerce
- Fred House - Community Development
- Mariano Aupilardjuk - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Freda Ahenakew (Hon.) - Education
- Mary Thomas - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Lindsay Crowshoe - Health
- Dr. Harold Cardinal (Hon.) - Lifetime Achievement
- Zacharias Kunuk - Media & Communication
- Roman Bittman - Media & Communication
- The Honourable Leonard S. Marchand - Public Service
- Richard Nerysoo - Public Service
- The Honourable Nicholas Sibbeston - Public Service
- Lance Relland - Special Youth
2000
- Art Thompson - Arts
- John Charles Bernard - Business & Commerce
- Chief Roy Albert Whitney - Business & Commerce
- Paul J. Birckel - Community Development
- Chief Simon Baker - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Edith Josie - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Jo-Ann Archibald - Education
- Miles G. Richardson - Environment and Natural Resources
- Fjola Hart-Wasekeesikaw - Health
- The Honourable Judge Steven Point - Law & Justice
- Dr. Joseph Arthur Gosnell - Lifetime Achievement
- Leetia Ineak - Media & Communication
- Konrad Haskan Sioui - Public Service
- Waneek Horn-Miller - Special Youth
1999
- Dorothy Grant - Business & Commerce
- David Gabriel Tuccaro - Business & Commerce
- Dorothy Betz - Community Development
- Theresa Stevenson - Community Development
- Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Howard Adams - Education
- Dr. Edward Kantonkote Cree - Health
- Dr. Malcolm King - Health
- The Honourable Madame Justice Rose Toodick Boyko - Law & Justice
- Judge James Igloliorte - Law & Justice
- Dr. Allen Sapp - Lifetime Achievement
- High Commissioner James K. Bartleman - Public Service
- Dr. Lillian Eva Dyck - Science
- 'Alika LaFontaine - Youth
1998
- Tantoo Cardinal - Arts
- Daphne Odjig - Arts
- Tagak Curley - Business & Commerce
- Chief Abel Bosum - Community Development
- Dr. Emily Jane Faries - Education
- Dr. Cornelia Wieman - Health
- Roberta Jamieson - Law & Justice
- Buffy Sainte-Marie - Lifetime Achievement
- John Amagoalik - Public Service
- Georges Erasmus - Public Service
- Dan E. Goodleaf - Public Service
- Wade R. Cachagee - Special Youth
- Bryan Trottier - Sports
1997
- Kiawak Ashoona - Arts
- Gil Cardinal - Arts
- Graham Greene - Arts
- Rita Joe - Arts
- Chief Billy Diamond - Business & Commerce
- Senator Charlie Watt - Community Development
- Reverend Stanley John McKay - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Martin Gale McLoughlin - Health
- Dr. Chester R. Cunningham (Hon.) - Law & Justice
- Justice Harry S. LaForme - Law & Justice
- Dr. Olive Patricia Dickason - Lifetime Achievement
- Hon. Stephen Kakfwi - Public Service
- George Berthe - Special Youth
- Darren Zack - Sports
1996
- Tom Jackson - Arts
- Maria Campbell - Arts
- James Watson Walkus - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Rose Auger - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Marlene Brant Castellano - Education
- Ambassador Mary May Simon - Environment and Natural Resources
- Dr. Frank Calder - Lifetime Achievement
- The Honourable W. Yvon Dumont - Public Service
- Grand Chief Phil Fontaine - Public Service
- Elijah Harper - Public Service
- Albert Charles Rock - Science and Technology
- Robert E. Johnson Jr. - Special Youth
- Alwyn Morris - Sports
- Angela Chalmers - Sports
- Mary Two-Axe Earley - Women's Rights
1995
- Douglas Cardinal - Architecture
- Robert Davidson - Arts and Culture
- Frank Hansen - Business and Culture
- Chief Louis Stevenson - Community Development
- Ernest Benedict - Education
- Marie Smallface Marule - Education
- Dr. Ahab Spence - Education
- Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come - Environment and Public Service
- The Honourable Dr. Maggie Hodgson - Health Services
- Judge Alfred Scow - Law and Justice
- Kenojuak Ashevak - Lifetime Achievement
- Dr. Noah Carpenter - Medicine
- Sharla Tiakohatéhkwen Howard - Special Youth
1994
- William Lyall - Business
- Jean Cuthand Goodwill - Community Service
- Verna Kirkness - Education
- Cindy Kenny-Gilday - Environment
- Alanis Obomsawin - Film
- Judge Murray Sinclair - Justice
- Bill Reid - Lifetime Achievement
- Susan Aglukark - Performance
- Senator Thelma Chalifoux - Public Service
- Nellie Cournoyea - Public Service
- Rosemarie Kuptana - Public Service
- Art Solomon - Spiritual Leadership
- Ted Nolan - Sports
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