Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

The Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year is an annual Canadian music award, presented by the Juno Awards to honour music created by Indigenous Canadian artists working in traditional music genres. Announced at the Juno Awards of 2021, it was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2022.

It is presented alongside a new category for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year.

Prior to 2022, contemporary and traditional Indigenous artists were honoured alongside each other in a single category for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year.

Winners and nominees

Year	Winner	Album	Nominees
2022	Fawn Wood	Kakike	Manitou Mkwa Singers, Manitou Mkwa Singers II Nimkii and the Niniis, Nang Giizhigoong Joel Wood, Singing Is Healing Young Spirit, Angel Eagle: Cree Round Dance Songs
2023	The Bearhead Sisters	Unbreakable	Cikwes, Kâkîsimo ᑳᑮᓯᒧᐤ Iva and Angu, Katajjausiit Northern Cree, Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning Joel Wood, Mikwanak Kamôsakinat
2024	Joel Wood	Sing. Pray. Love.	The Bearhead Sisters, Mitòòdebi (For My Relatives) Nimkii and the Niniis, LFS5 The Red River Ramblers, Reverie Young Scouts, Drum Nation

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:

Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.