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The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (NAAA)
History are annual awards presented by the National Aboriginal
Paleo-Indians Achievement Foundation in Canada. The awards are in-
Pre-colonization tended to celebrate and encourage excellence in the Abo-
Genetics riginal community.
Integration · Conflicts
First Nation · Inuit
About
Politics
The awards were first established in 1993 in conjunction
Crown and Aboriginals
with the United Nations declared International Decade of
Treaties · Health Policy
the World’s Indigenous peoples. The awards are intend-
Royal Commission
ed to celebrate and encourage excellence in the Aborig-
Indian Act · Politics
inal community.[1] Awards may be presented in a vari-
Organizations · Case law
ety of categories, depending on the particular achieve-
Indian Affairs Canada
ments of Aboriginal people in the nominating period —
Culture 14 awards are presented each year including one for Life-
Aboriginal cultures time Achievement and a Special Youth Award that comes
Aboriginal personalities with a cash prize of $10,000 and 12 career categories with
not all individual career categories necessarily presented
Demographics
annually.[2] To be eligible an individual must be of either
AB (FN, Métis) · Atlantic CA · BC
First Nations, Inuit, or Métis heritage. Additionally they
MB · ON · QC · SK
must demonstrate outstanding career achievement, and
Territories · Pacific Coast
be a permanent Canadian resident or be Canadian born.
Linguistics The awards are broadcast annually on the Global Televi-
Aboriginal languages sion Network and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Net-
Inuit languages work (APTN). Since 1985 the Foundation through its Ed-
Indigenous Languages ucation Program has awarded more than $32-million in
Aboriginal syllabics scholarships and bursaries to more than 8,400 First Na-
Inuit grammar tions, Inuit and Métis students nationwide.[1]
Religions
Inuit mythology Eligibility Criteria
Traditional beliefs
Individuals of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis ancestry
Index who have reached a significant level of achievement in
Index of articles their respective occupations are eligible for nomination.
Aboriginal · First Nations Any person may nominate a candidate they deem to be
Inuit · Métis · Stubs worthy of this recognition with reference to the follow-
Wikiprojects ing criteria:[1]
• Of First Nations, Inuit or Métis heritage
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• Who demonstrate outstanding career achievement 2008
• Of any age with the exception of the youth category
• Shirley Cheechoo - Arts
• Permanent Canadian Resident or Canadian born
• Jim Boucher - Business & Commerce
• Youth achiever nominees must be 15-24 years of age
• Hubert Skye - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
• Dr. Marie Ann Battiste - Education
National Aboriginal achieve- • Elizabeth (Tshaukuesh) Penashue - Environment and
Natural Resources
ment awards recipients • Dr. Jeff Reading, MSc. PhD - Health
Each year 14 recipients are recognized for their outstand- • David C. Nahwegahbow, I.P.C. - Law & Justice
ing accomplishments in various disciplines ranging from • Norval Morrisseau - Lifetime Achievement
health, law, political science, culture, arts, and others, • Paul Andrew - Media & Communication
two of which are specific recognition to one outstanding • Joe Handley - Politics
youth achiever and one lifetime achievement recipient. • Sylvia B. Maracle - Public Service
The awards are recognized both nationally and interna- • Boyd Wesley Benjamin - Special Youth
tionally as one of the highest honours the community • Reggie Leach - Sports
can bestow upon its own achievers.[3]
2007
2010 • Joane Cardinal-Schubert - Arts
• Kananginak Pootoogook - Arts • Jack Poole - Business & Commerce
• Ellen Melcosky - Business & Commerce • Alestine Andre - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
• Tom Crane Bear - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality • Joe Michel - Education
• Dr. Raoul J. McKay - Education • Chief David Walkem - Environment and Natural
• Danny Beaton - Environment and Natural Resources Resources
• Madeleine Kētēskwew Dion Stout, BN, MA, Ph.D - • Dr. Joseph Couture - Health
Health • Hugh Braker - Law & Justice
• Donald Worme, QC, IPC - Law & Justice • Bertha Clark Jones - Lifetime Achievement
• William Commanda, OC - Lifetime • Lisa Meeches - Media & Communication
• Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer - Media & • Fred Carmichael - Politics
Communication • Lewis Cardinal - Public Service
• Hon. Eric Robinson - Politics • James Makokis - Special Youth
• Edith Cloutier - Public Service • Wegadesk Gorup-Paul - Sports
• Skawenniio Barnes - Special Youth • Monica Peters [1] - Technology & Trades
• Monica Pinette - Sports
• Doug Henry - Technology & Trades 2006
• Jane Ash Poitras - Arts
2009 • Bernd Christmas - Business & Commerce
• Melanie Jackson - Arts • Wendy Grant-John - Community Development
• Dennis Jackson - Arts • Gladys Taylor Cook - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
• Allan C. McLeod - Business & Commerce • Taiaiake (Gerald) Alfred - Education
• Stephen J. Augustine - Culture, Heritage & • Billy Day - Environment and Natural Resources
Spirituality • Dr. Herb Belcourt - Housing
• Cecil King - Education • James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson - Law & Justice
• Gordon W. Prest - Environment and Natural • Jim Sinclair - Lifetime Achievement
Resources • Myra Cree - Media & Communication
• Candace Grier-Lowe - Health • George Tuccaro - Media & Communication
• Delia Opekokew - Law & Justice • Tony Belcourt - Public Service
• The Rev. Stan Cuthand, B.Th. - Lifetime Achievement • Andrea Dykstra - Special Youth
• Carol Morin - Media & Communication • Shirley Firth Larsson - Sports
• Paul Okalik - Politics
• Joan Glode - Public Service 2005
• Chelsea Lavallée - Special Youth • Joe Jacobs - Arts
• Adam Sioui - Sports • Dr. Gerald McMaster - Arts
• Mervin J. Dewasha - Technology & Trades • Douglas Golosky - Business & Commerce
• Judy Gingell - Community Development
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• John Joe Sark - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality • Alex Janvier - Lifetime Achievement
• Dr. Eber Hampton - Education • Gail Gutherie Valaskakis - Media & Communication
• Dr. Emma LaRocque - Education • Jonah Kelly - Media & Communication
• Andy Carpenter Sr. - Environment and Natural • Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton - Public Service
Resources • Jordin Tootoo - Special Youth
• Dr. Thomas Dignan - Health • Michael Nepinak - Sports
• Bertha Allen - Lifetime Achievement
• Brenda Chambers - Media & Communication 2001
• Lolly Annahatak - Social Services • Tomson Highway - Arts
• Fauna Kingdon - Special Youth • Dolly Watts - Business & Commerce
• Sharon Anne Firth - Sports • Fred House - Community Development
• Mariano Aupilardjuk - Culture, Heritage &
2004 Spirituality
• Tina Keeper - Arts • Dr. Freda Ahenakew (Hon.) - Education
• Susan Point - Arts • Mary Thomas - Environment and Natural Resources
• Osuitok Ipeelee - Arts • Dr. Lindsay Crowshoe - Health
• Chief Clarence Louie - Business & Commerce • Dr. Harold Cardinal (Hon.) - Lifetime Achievement
• Basil Johnston - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality • Roman Bittman - Media & Communication
• Dr. Carl Urion - Education • Zacharias Kunuk - Media & Communication
• Sheila Watt-Cloutier - Environment and Natural • The Honourable Leonard Marchand - Public Service
Resources • Richard Nerysoo - Public Service
• Muriel Stanley Venne - Law & Justice • The Honourable Nick Sibbeston - Public Service
• Andrew T. Delisle, Sr. - Lifetime Achievement • Lance Relland - Special Youth
• Suzanne Rochon Burnett - Media & Communication
• Hon. Pearl Calahasen - Public Service 2000
• Lee Wilson - Science and Technology • Art Thompson - Arts
• Kristinn Frederickson - Special Youth • John Charles Bernard - Business & Commerce
• Chief Roy Albert Whitney - Business & Commerce
2003 • Paul J. Birckel - Community Development
• John Arcand - Arts • Chief Simon Baker - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
• Tom King - Arts • Edith Josie - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
• Mel E. Benson - Business & Commerce • Dr. Jo-Ann Archibald - Education
• Gary Bosgoed - Business & Commerce • Miles G. Richardson - Environment and Natural
• Mary Richard - Community Development Resources
• Charles Edward Lennie - Culture, Heritage & • Fjola Hart-Wasekeesikaw - Health
Spirituality • The Honourable Judge Steven Point - Law & Justice
• Leroy Little Bear - Education • Dr. Joseph Arthur Gosnell - Lifetime Achievement
• Simon Lucas - Environment and Natural Resources • Leetia Ineak - Media & Communication
• Dr. Judith Bartlett MD - Health • Konrad Haskan Sioui - Public Service
• Dr. Jay Wortman - Health • Waneek Horn-Miller - Special Youth
• John J. Borrows - Law & Justice
• Robbie Robertson - Lifetime Achievement 1999
• Sophie Pierre - Public Service • Dorothy Grant - Business & Commerce
• Matthew Dunn - Special Youth • David Gabriel Tuccaro - Business & Commerce
• Dorothy Betz - Community Development
2002 • Theresa Stevenson - Community Development
• Ohito Ashoona - Arts • Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk - Culture, Heritage &
• Frieda Diesing - Arts Spirituality
• Harry Deneron - Business & Commerce • Howard Adams - Education
• Leonard (Len) G. Flett - Business & Commerce • Dr. Malcolm King - Health
• George Kurszewski - Community Development • Dr. Edward Kantonkote Cree - Health
• Elder Noel Knockwood - Culture, Heritage & • Judge James Igloliorte - Law & Justice
Spirituality • The Honourable Madame Justice Rose Toodick Boyko
• Roy Fox - Energy - Law & Justice
• Dr. Gilles Pinette - Health • Dr. Allen Sapp - Lifetime Achievement
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• High Commissioner James Bartleman - Public Service 1995
• Dr. Lillian Dyck - Science
• Douglas Cardinal - Architecture
• Alika LaFontaine - Youth
• Robert Davidson - Arts and Culture
• Frank Hansen - Business and Culture
1998 • Chief Louis Stevenson - Community Development
• Tantoo Cardinal - Arts • Ernest Benedict - Education
• Daphne Odjig - Arts • Marie Smallface Marule - Education
• Tagak Curley - Business & Commerce • Dr. Ahab Spence - Education
• Chief Abel Bosum - Community Development • Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come - Environment and
• Dr. Emily Jane Faries - Education Public Service
• Dr. Cornelia Wieman - Health • The Honourable Dr. Maggie Hodgson - Health
• Roberta Jamieson - Law & Justice Services
• Buffy Sainte-Marie - Lifetime Achievement • Judge Alfred Scow - Law and Justice
• John Amagoalik - Public Service • Kenojuak Ashevak - Lifetime Achievement
• Georges Erasmus - Public Service • Dr. Noah Carpenter - Medicine
• Dan E. Goodleaf - Public Service • Sharla Tiakohatéhkwen Howard - Special Youth
• Wade R. Cachagee - Special Youth
• Bryan Trottier - Sports 1994
• William Lyall - Business
1997 • Jean Cuthand Goodwill - Community Service
• Kiawak Ashoona - Arts • Verna Kirkness - Education
• Gil Cardinal - Arts • Cindy Kenny-Gilday - Environment
• Graham Greene - Arts • Alanis Obomsawin - Film
• Rita Joe - Arts • Judge Murray Sinclair - Justice
• Chief Billy Diamond - Business & Commerce • Bill Reid - Lifetime Achievement
• Senator Charlie Watt - Community Development • Susan Aglukark - Performance
• Reverend Stanley John McKay - Culture, Heritage & • Senator Thelma Chalifoux - Public Service
Spirituality • Nellie Cournoyea - Public Service
• Dr. Martin Gale McLoughlin - Health • Rosemarie Kuptana - Public Service
• Dr. Chester R. Cunningham (Hon.) - Law & Justice • Art Solomon - Spiritual Leadership
• Justice Harry S. LaForme - Law & Justice • Ted Nolan - Sports
• Dr. Olive Patricia Dickason - Lifetime Achievement
• Hon. Stephen Kakfwi - Public Service
• George Berthe - Special Youth See also
• Darren Zack - Sports • Notable Aboriginal people of Canada
1996
• Maria Campbell - Arts
Further reading
• Tom Jackson - Arts [1] ^ "About NAAF". National Aboriginal Achievement
• Rose Auger - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality Awards. http://www.naaf.ca/about_naaf. Retrieved
• James Watson Walkus - Culture, Heritage & 2009-12-02.
Spirituality [2] "National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
• Dr. Marlene Brant Castellano - Education Financial Report". Canadian Imperial Bank of
• Ambassador Mary May Simon - Environment and Commerce. http://www.cibc.com/ca/small-
Natural Resources business/aboriginal/commitment-to-community/
• Dr. Frank Calder - Lifetime Achievement natnl-aborig-ach-fndtn.html. Retrieved
• The Honourable W. Yvon Dumont - Public Service 2009-12-02.
• Grand Chief Phil Fontaine - Public Service [3] "Lawyer among National Aboriginal Achievement
• Elijah Harper - Public Service Award winners". The Law Society of Upper Canada.
• Albert Charles Rock - Science and Technology http://www.lsuc.on.ca/latest-news/b/archives/
• Robert E. Johnson Jr. - Special Youth index.cfm?c=1029&i=8694. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
• Alwyn Morris - Sports
• Angela Chalmers - Sports External links
• Mary Two-Axe Earley - Women’s Rights
• National Aboriginal Achievement Awards Website
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