Juno Award for Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year

Canadian music award

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

References

^ Friend, David (June 4, 2021). "Juno Awards announce new category for underground dance single of the year". Toronto Star via The Canadian Press. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
"Junos rename aboriginal album category to indigenous music album of the year". Toronto Star, January 11, 2017.
Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
Jenna Benchetrit and Arti Patel, "The Weeknd picks up 4 wins on Junos 2023 opening night". CBC News, March 11, 2023.
"Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.

v t e Juno Awards
Awards to individuals	Artist of the Year Fan Choice Group of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year Breakthrough Group of the Year Producer Recording Engineer Songwriter
Awards for recordings	Album of the Year Adult Alternative Adult Contemporary Alternative Blues Children's Comedy Classical – Large Ensemble Classical – Small Ensemble Classical – Solo Classical Composition CCM/Gospel Contemporary Indigenous Artist Contemporary R&B/Soul Contemporary Roots Country Dance Electronic Francophone Global Music Heavy Metal Instrumental International Jazz – Solo Jazz – Group Jazz – Vocal Pop Rap Album/EP Rap Single Reggae Rock Single of the Year Traditional Indigenous Artist Traditional R&B/Soul Traditional Roots Underground Dance
Awards for technicality	Music DVD Recording Package Video
Discontinued categories	Classical Album of the Year (1977–1985) Classical – Solo or Chamber Ensemble (1985–2021) Classical – Vocal or Choral Performance (1994–2021) Indigenous Artist or Group (1994–2021) Jazz Album (1977–1993) Jazz – Contemporary (1994–2014) Jazz – Traditional (1994–2014) Rap Recording (1991–2021) R&B/Soul Recording (1985–2020) Roots and Traditional Album (1989–1995) Roots & Traditional Album – Solo (1996–2015) Roots & Traditional Album – Group (1996–2015)
Special awards	Canadian Music Hall of Fame Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award Juno Humanitarian Award
Years	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Leadership	Walt Grealis Stan Klees Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Notes	Due to the rescheduling of the ceremony from late fall to early spring, no ceremony was held in 1988.
See also Music of Canada Polaris Music Prize Much Music Video Awards Félix Awards East Coast Music Awards Western Canadian Music Awards

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