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Commons · WiktionaryThe National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (NAAA) are annual awards presented by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation in Canada. The awards are intended to celebrate and encourage excellence in the Aboriginal community.
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About
The awards were first established in 1993 in conjunction with the United Nations declared International Decade of the World's Indigenous peoples. The awards are intended to celebrate and encourage excellence in the Aboriginal community.[1] Awards may be presented in a variety of categories, depending on the particular achievements of Aboriginal people in the nominating period — 14 awards are presented each year including one for Lifetime Achievement and a Special Youth Award that comes with a cash prize of $10,000 and 12 career categories with not all individual career categories necessarily presented annually.[2] To be eligible an individual must be of either First Nations, Inuit, or Métis heritage. Additionally they must demonstrate outstanding career achievement, and be a permanent Canadian resident or be Canadian born. The awards are broadcast annually on the Global Television Network and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Since 1985 the Foundation through its Education Program has awarded more than $32-million in scholarships and bursaries to more than 8,400 First Nations, Inuit and Métis students nationwide.[1]
Eligibility Criteria
Individuals of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis ancestry who have reached a significant level of achievement in their respective occupations are eligible for nomination. Any person may nominate a candidate they deem to be worthy of this recognition with reference to the following criteria:[1]
- Of First Nations, Inuit or Métis heritage
- Who demonstrate outstanding career achievement
- Of any age with the exception of the youth category
- Permanent Canadian Resident or Canadian born
- Youth achiever nominees must be 15-24 years of age
National Aboriginal achievement awards recipients
Each year 14 recipients are recognized for their outstanding accomplishments in various disciplines ranging from health, law, political science, culture, arts, and others, two of which are specific recognition to one outstanding youth achiever and one lifetime achievement recipient. The awards are recognized both nationally and internationally as one of the highest honours the community can bestow upon its own achievers.[3]
2010
- Kananginak Pootoogook - Arts
- Ellen Melcosky - Business & Commerce
- Tom Crane Bear - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- Dr. Raoul J. McKay - Education
- Danny Beaton - Environment and Natural Resources
- Madeleine Kētēskwew Dion Stout, BN, MA, Ph.D -Health
- Donald Worme, QC, IPC - Law & Justice
- William Commanda, OC - Lifetime
- Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer - Media & Communication
- Hon. Eric Robinson - Politics
- Edith Cloutier - Public Service
- Skawenniio Barnes - Special Youth
- Monica Pinette - Sports
- Doug Henry - Technology & Trades
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
- 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
- Joe Handley - Politics
- Sylvia B. Maracle - Public Service
- Boyd Wesley Benjamin - Special Youth
- Reggie Leach - Sports
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 [1] - 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
- Tina Keeper - Arts
- Susan Point - Arts
- Osuitok Ipeelee - 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
- Roman Bittman - Media & Communication
- Zacharias Kunuk - Media & Communication
- The Honourable Leonard Marchand - Public Service
- Richard Nerysoo - Public Service
- The Honourable Nick 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. Malcolm King - Health
- Dr. Edward Kantonkote Cree - Health
- Judge James Igloliorte - Law & Justice
- The Honourable Madame Justice Rose Toodick Boyko - Law & Justice
- Dr. Allen Sapp - Lifetime Achievement
- High Commissioner James Bartleman - Public Service
- Dr. Lillian 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
- Maria Campbell - Arts
- Tom Jackson - Arts
- Rose Auger - Culture, Heritage & Spirituality
- James Watson Walkus - 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
See also
- Notable Aboriginal people of Canada
Further reading
- ^ a b c "About NAAF". National Aboriginal Achievement Awards. http://www.naaf.ca/about_naaf. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation Financial Report". Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. http://www.cibc.com/ca/small-business/aboriginal/commitment-to-community/natnl-aborig-ach-fndtn.html. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Lawyer among National Aboriginal Achievement Award winners". The Law Society of Upper Canada. http://www.lsuc.on.ca/latest-news/b/archives/index.cfm?c=1029&i=8694. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
External links
Categories:- Canadian awards
- Aboriginal culture in Canada
- Awards honoring indigenous people
- Lifetime achievement awards
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