Who Won Big at the 2025 Native American Music Awards? See the Complete Winners List Here

On July 14, 2025, the Native American Music Awards (NAMA) once again proved what we already know: Indigenous music is alive and thriving!

This year’s winners reflect the incredible diversity and depth of Indigenous artistry today, spanning genres from alternative, blues, hip-hop, traditional roots, and everything in between. Every one of these artists brings something special to our collective communities, carrying wisdom, creative rebellion, and undeniable talent into the future.

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 2025 Native American Music Awards.

Below is the complete list of this year’s winners.

2025 Native American Music Award Winners

Best Alternative Recording

Indian Route 15 — One Way Sky (Gila River)

Best Americana Recording

Good People — Indian City (Sagkeeng First Nation / T’Karonto)

Best Blues Recording

The Witch Queen of New Orleans — Quartz (Yaqui / Shoshone / Navajo / Chumash)

Best Country Recording

Sandbar Sunsets — Mickie James (Powhatan)

Best Folk Recording

Just To Be — Indigie Femme (Navajo/Diné, Samoan, and Māori)

Best Hip Hop Recording

Top Mike Bone Tracks – VIBIN — Lil Mike & Funny Bone (Pawnee)

Best Instrumental Recording

Butterfly Moon — Michael Charette & Severin Behnen (Ojibwe)

Best Pop Recording

The Light In My Bones — Annie Humphrey (Ojibwe)

Best R&B Recording

Tribal Roots featuring Edmund Bull — Tribal Roots (Métis / Anishinaabe / Cree)

Best Rap Recording

Blessings — Stella Standingbear (Oglala Lakota)

Best Rock Recording

A Light In The Attic — Logan Staats (Mohawk)

Best Traditional Roots Recording

Sing. Pray. Love. — Joel Wood (Cree)

Native Heart Award

Rise Up On Eagle Wings — Wolfsheart

Best Music Video

REZ CHICK — Callie Bennett & Keith Secola (Navajo / Ojibwa)

Best Music Video Animation

THE SHE WOLF — Jimmy Lee Young (Mayan)

Best Music Video Narrative

We Are The Medicine – Native American Flute Music Album — Max “Wind” Cameo & Wayne “Standing Bear” Snellgrove (Mendota Mdewakanton / Fishing Lake First)

Best Live Music Performance Video

War Bonnet — Bigfoot

Record of the Year

Wicahpi Olowan Vol. 1 — Various Artists

Program Managers: Talon Bazille Ducheneaux & Tiana Spotted Thunder

For more information about the Native American Music Awards, visit https://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/home