2022 National Native Media Award Winners

Radio / Podcast – Best Coverage of Native America

First Place

Bonnie Swift, Loretta Williams, Chenoa Egawa, Kurt Russo, Rachel Hamburg, Jake Young, Cyrus James, Cara Ehlenfeldt
Tokitae Chapter 4: One Heart One Mind
Audible

Second Place

Kavita Pillay
Princess Daazhraii Johnson and the generation reclaiming Gwich’in
Nia Tero

Third Place

Gabriel Pietrorazio
Change the Calendar: Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
FingerLakes1.com

TV – Best Coverage of Native America

First Place

Ricardo Young
Sacagawea Statue Removed
WCAV-TV

Second Place

Joe Brewster, Director & Producer; Michèle Stephenson, Director & Producer; Christopher Hastings, Executive Producer; Kiana Jackson, Associate Producer; Crystal Isaac, Associate Producer; Bedatri Choudhury, Content Research; Amílcar Cariño Charlemagne, Editor; Cecilia Préstamo, Additional Series Editor; Hannah Paul, Additional Series Editor; Jill Poisson, Online Editor
Decolonizing Mental Health: Shelby Rowe, Drs Foster-Modern Warrior & Circle of Life
WORLD Channel

Print / Online – Best Coverage of Native America

First Place

Austin Fisher
A lack of ballot drop boxes adds another barrier to Native voting access
Source New Mexico

Second Place

Gabriel Pietrorazio
Family of Medal of Honor recipient comes to terms with ancestor’s role during Wounded Knee Massacre
FingerLakes1.com

Third Place

Adriana Rozas Rivera
It’s Not Our Hill
The NewsHouse

Honorable Mention

Patrick Lohmann
Tribal leaders object to 11th-hour NM Senate redistricting map
Source New Mexico

Print / Online – Best Photo of Native America

First Place

Kathy Aney
MMIWG Portrait
Underscore.news

Second Place

Jeremy Wade Shockley
Horse Empower brings families closer, fosters communication
The Southern Ute Drum

Third Place

Shelby Kleinhans
Families gather to speak for MMIW in Old Town
Source New Mexico

Honorable Mention

Jeremy Wade Shockley
Sister tribes gather for Bear Dance
The Southern Ute Drum

Radio / Podcast – Best Coverage of Native America

First Place

Nate Hegyi, Cheryl W. Thompson
Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails. We Found Death, Neglect And Disrepair
National Public Radio (NPR) and the Mountain West News Bureau

Second Place

Chris Farrell, Twila Dang
Small Change Story – Harvest Nation
MPR News

Third Place

Brian Bull
KLCC coverage of Native American issues and events in Oregon
KLCC

TV – Best Coverage of Native America

First Place

Anya Zoledziowski, Alyza Enriquez, Cassandra Giraldo, Trey Strange, Lena Jakobsson, Sharbil Nammour, Maral Usefi, Ilaria Polsonetti, Anne Garrett
Two Spirit People Are Reclaiming Their Land—and Their Identity
VICE World News

Second Place

Kavitha Chekuru, Laila Al-Arian, Adrienne Haspel, Darya Marchenkova, Erik Ljung
Buried Truths
Al Jazeera English

Third Place

Tantoo Cardinal, Brad Heck, Willow O’Feral, Carmen Vicencio, Jaida Grey Eagle
America ReFramed: Sisters Rising
America ReFramed

Honorable Mention

Anar Virji, Rob Reynolds, Jim Hoffman
Native American Children Faced Cultural Genocide in Boarding Schools
Al Jazeera English

Print / Online – Best Coverage of Native America

First Place

Felicia Fonseca
Associated Press
Fast rollout of virus vaccine trials reveals tribal distrust

Second Place

Felicia Fonseca
Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for top elected posts
Associated Press

Third Place

Anna V. Smith
High Country News
The effort to save Upper Klamath Lake’s endangered fish before they disappear

Honorable Mention

Delaney Nolan
“The Louisiana Indigenous community fighting for hurricane justice”
Al Jazeera

Print / Online – Best Photo of Native America

First Place

Charles Fox
Vigilance
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Second Place

David Calvert
Students participate in an Indigenous Peoples’ Day assembly and walk at Schurz Elementary School on the Walker River Paiute Reservation.
The Nevada Independent

Third Place

Charles Fox
Homecoming
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Honorable Mention

Christian Toews
‘Jeff Preddy’
Biskinik

Radio/Podcast – Best Feature Story

First Place

Adreanna Rodriguez, Savannah Maher, Doug Mitchell, Phyllis Fletcher, Erica Lee, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Lita Beck
Dignity, Ceremony & Healing: How One Indigenous Midwife Supports Farmworkers During The Pandemic
NPR NextGen Radio: Indigenous

Second Place

Kanesia McGlashan-Price
Indigenous heavy metal band takes critical look at issues impacting Native people
KUCB News

Third Place

Rhonda LeValdo
Totem pole stops in Kansas on way to nation’s capital
National Native News

Print / Online – Best News Story

First Place

McKayla Lee
Fort Lewis takes further steps towards reconciliation
The Southern Ute Drum

Second Place

Shaun Griswold
Former superintendent files discrimination lawsuit against Four Corners school district
Source New Mexico

Third Place

Carol Craig
MMIW speakers talk to state task force committee
Yakama Nation Review

Honorable Mention

MMIW speakers talk to state task force committee
Yakama Nation Review

Print / Online – Best News Photo

First Place

Derrick James
Julius Jones commuted
McAlester News-Capital

Second Place

Sharon Chischilly
Indigenous communities face choices about Indian School gravesite in Albuquerque
Source New Mexico

Third Place

McKayla Lee
Kindergarteners advance to first grade!
The Southern Ute Drum

Print / Online – Best Feature Story

First Place

John Rodgers
McGirt a shift in direction
The Quapaw Post

Second Place

Shaun Griswold
Popular app AllTrails leads people to sacred sites, some on tribal lands
Source New Mexico

Third Place

Chris Aadland
Treaty Rights Organization Welcomes First Woman Executive Director
Underscore.news

Print / Online – Best Feature Photo

First Place

Robert L. Ortiz
Apache Crown Dancers visit Ignacio
The Southern Ute Drum

Second Place

Robert L. Ortiz
Celebrating youth resilience in Southwest Colorado
The Southern Ute Drum

Third Place

Derrick James
McAlester Indigeous Peoples’ Day
McAlester News-Capital

Print / Online – Best Sports Story

First Place

Ryan Craig
Wapato Wolf earns Fighting Illini basketball scholarship
Yakama Nation Review

Second Place

Ryan Craig
Wendt Racing a family team effort
Yakama Nation Review

Third Place

Tasha Silverhorn
SRPMIC Member Becomes IFBB Bikini Professional Bodybuilder
O’odham Action News

Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage

First Place

Arlyssa Becenti
Navajo Nation pushes for radioactive waste remnants to be fully removed
Source New Mexico

Second Place

Brian Oaster
Bridging Cultural and Political Gaps Through Indigenous First Foods
Underscore.news

Third Place

Chezney Martin
Hunting part of a ‘beautiful system’ in Six Nations, Ont., among traditional foods highlighted in new study
CBC Hamilton

Print / Online – Best Elder Coverage

First Place

Dorothy Stewart, Susan Bell
Legends and lessons from Cree grandmother brought to life
CBC Cree unit

Second Place

Nancy Spears
Kiowa elder bonds with 10-year-old actress on ‘News of the World’
NonDoc

Third Place

Christopher Herodier, Susan Bell
From the trapline to a cell phone: Cree elder celebrates 95 years well lived
CBC Cree unit

Honorable Mention

Shaun Griswold
Distance doesn’t have to become isolation for Indigenous elders
Source New Mexico

Print / Online – Best Health Coverage

First Place

Nancy Spears
Cronkite News
Oklahoma tribes prepare to pivot to booster shots in COVID-19 battle

Second Place

Brian Bull
‘Moccasin Telegraph’ Finds New Life as Source of Vaccine Information
Underscore.news

Third Place

Tasha Silverhorn
Breast Cancer at 36: My Story
O’odham Action News

Print / Online – Best Editorial

First Place

Cynthia-Lou Coleman, Jackleen de La Harpe
It’s not easy to cover Indian Country. Here’s why you must.
Underscore.news

Second Place

Chezney Martin
Paving the Way Forward: Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples Cannot Take the Backseat
Land Back Leaders Journal Issue 1

Print / Online – Best Layout

First Place

Robert L. Ortiz
The Southern Ute Drum

Second Place

Austin Headlee, John Rodgers
The Quapaw Post

Third Place

Tasha Silverhorn
O’odham Action News

Multimedia – Best Multimedia

First Place

Lachlan Madill, Stephane Gunner, Diane Icebound, André Gariépy, Guy St-Arnauld
Maamuitaau: Systemic Racism
CBC Cree unit

Second Place

Shaun Griswold
ABQ officials to begin radar work and plan for a memorial at boarding school gravesite
Source New Mexico

Third Place

AmaConsultants.org LLC, Indigenous Alliance Without Borders, Raquel Mogollon
Embodying Indigenous Languages
Indigenous Alliance Without Borders

Radio / Podcast – Best Feature Story

First Place

Savannah Maher
Online Indigenous Language Learning Opens Doors For Far-Flung Tribal Citizens
Mountain West News Bureau

Second Place

Lily Sheoships
CTUIR Senior Center Re-Opens June 2021
KCUW-LP Pendleton

Radio / Podcast – Best News Story

First Place

Savannah Maher
Tribes’ $20B In Aid Could Be Transformative – If Feds Learn From Botched CARES Act Rollout
Mountain West News Bureau

Second Place

Savannah Maher
Supreme Court Rules Tribal Police Can Detain Non-Natives, But Problems Remain
Mountain West News Bureau

Third Place

Jiselle Halfmoon
CTUIR Partners with OR National Guard for Mass Vaccinations
KCUW-LP Pendleton

TV – Best Feature Story

First Place

Mark Dreadfulwater
First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City opens
Cherokee Phoenix

Second Place

Stacie Boston
CHEROKEE EATS: Hog Meat
Cherokee Phoenix

Third Place

Stacie Boston
Washee-Gutierrez continues generational beading passion
Cherokee Phoenix

Print / Online – Best News Story

First Place

Montoya Whiteman
Colorado Governor Rescinds 1864 Proclamations
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune

Second Place

Shannon Shaw Duty
Dr. Ricco Wright apologizes to Osage Nation and takes down Reign of Terror-themed exhibit
Osage News

Third Place

Stacie Boston
Search for Cherokee Nation citizen Aubrey Dameron continues 2 years later
Cherokee Phoenix

Honorable Mention

Rosemary Stephens
Voters pass constitutional amendment lowering blood quantum requirement for Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes’ citizenship
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune

Print / Online – Best News Photo

First Place

Shannon Shaw Duty
A house blew up in Fairfax
Osage News

Second Place

Cody Hammer
Heritage Trail Opens
Osage News

Third Place

Cody Hammer
May Day Parade Queens
Osage News

Honorable Mention

Cary Rosenbaum
Culture sharing with local schools
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Print / Online – Best Feature Story

First Place

Shannon Shaw Duty
Lily Gladstone will play Mollie Burkhart in upcoming Scorsese film, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
Osage News

Second Place

Cary Rosenbaum
A Tribe in Mourning
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Third Place

Montoya Whiteman, Karen English, Kristen Goodfriend, Meghan Little, Candace McDonough, Kyle Coulon, Patrick Quinn
When Art + Science Meet
Winds of Change Magazine

Honorable Mention

Jill-Marie Gavin
Inmate was advocate for Native rights
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Print / Online – Best Feature Photo

First Place

Cody Hammer
International Indian Relay Champions – a young rider practices
Osage News

Second Place

Cody Hammer
Paying for the Drum
Osage News

Third Place

Cody Hammer
International Indian Relay Championships
Osage News

Honorable Mention

Dallas Dick
Toddler dances strong
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Print / Online – Best Sports Story

First Place

Shannon Shaw Duty
Lynn Star McGuire Holloway inducted into INFR Hall of Fame
Osage News

Second Place

Cary Rosenbaum
Carrying the Torch
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Third Place

Cary Rosenbaum
A Community Championship
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Honorable Mention

Morgan Taylor
Mvskoke Ultimate Fighter
Mvskoke Media

Print / Online – Best Sports Photo

First Place

Dallas Dick
The Buck, passing
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Second Place

Cary Rosenbaum
Background Support
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Third Place

Cary Rosenbaum
Championship Poise
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage

First Place

Montoya Whiteman, Karen English, Kristen Good, Meghan Little, Candace McDonough, George Spencer, Autumn Jocas
Defending Tribal Lands – Future Chief Devon Parfait enlists the power of geoscience
Winds of Change Magazine

Second Place

Cary Rosenbaum
History in Waves: CTUIR reintroduces vital part of food chain
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Third Place

Montoya Whiteman, Karen English, Kristen Goodfriend, Meghan Little, Candace McDonough, Alexa Panza
AISES People: Leah M. L. Creaser
Winds of Change Magazine

Print / Online – Best Health Coverage

First Place

Savannah Maher
Push To Vaccinate Indigenous Americans Leaves Some Urban Indians ‘Out Of The Loop’
Mountain West News Bureau

Second Place

Benny Polacca
Dr. Shaw delivers town hall update on vaccine efforts
Osage News

Third Place

Rosemary Stephens
Arrival of COVID-19 Vaccines Sparks an Ember of Hope
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune

Print / Online – Best Editorial

First Place

Ruby Hansen Murray
Seeing ourselves on screen
Osage News

Second Place

Ruby Hansen Murray
Celebrating representation – and greasy frybread
Osage News

Third Place

Liz Gray
Tribes defend reservations amid continued attacks
Mvskoke Media

Print / Online – Best Layout

First Place

Mark Dreadfulwater
Cherokee Phoenix

Second Place

Pauline Randall, Mark Hill, Liz Gray
Mvskoke News
Mvskoke Media

Third Place

Sherry Stinson
Osage News

Multimedia – Best Multimedia

First Place

Jerrad Moore
Councilman Implicated in HUD Violation
Mvskoke Media

Second Place

Kamiah Koch
Tribal member designs label artwork for Deschutes Brewery’s seasonal beer
Smoke Signals

Third Place

Jerrad Moore
Meet the Candidate – 2021
Mvskoke Media

Honorable Mention

David Cournoyer
Aaron Yazzie 2021 AISES Technical Excellence Award
Winds of Change Magazine

Radio / Podcast – Best News Story

First Place

Allison Herrera
Quapaw Citizens Demand Transparency, Honesty With New and Past Administration
KOSU

Second Place

Tripp Crouse
Federal ICWA lawsuit remains a case to watch despite split decision in 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
KNBA

Third Place

Savannah Maher
How employer vaccine mandates are playing out in one tribal economy
Marketplace

Honorable Mention

Tiffany Bui, Marianne Combs, Marie Rock
The Fight Against Line 3 has Reached the United Nations
Minnesota Native News

Radio / Podcast – Best Feature Story

First Place

Sam Yellowhorse Kesler, Summer Thomad, Leila Fadel
What Lorde’s Te Reo Maori Songs Mean For The Effort To Revive The Language
National Public Radio

Second Place

Allison Herrera
FX Series ‘Reservation Dogs’ Showcases Oklahoma, Breaks New Ground With Native Cast And Crew
KOSU

Third Place

Brian Bull
Totem poles built by NATIVES students and staff now grace two Eugene schools
KLCC

Radio / Podcast – Best Newscast

First Place

Emma Needham, Laurie Stern, Marie Rock
Up to Bench and Back to the Land
Minnesota Native News

Radio / Podcast – Excellence in Beat Reporting

First Place

Allison Herrera Indigenous affairs coverage
KOSU

Second Place

Leah Lemm, Cole Premo, Justus Sanchez, Marie Rock, Chaz Wagner, Dalton Walker, Antony Stately, Britt Aamodt, Erin Warhol
Covid-19 Community Health Coverage
Minnesota Native News

Third Place

Brian Bull
Coverage of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (Girls/People)
KLCC

Radio / Podcast – General Excellence

First Place

Paige Willett
Hownikan

Second Place

Alyssa London, Art Hughes, Andi Murphy
Native America Calling

Third Place

Tripp Crouse
KNBA

Honorable Mention

National Native News

TV – Best Feature Story

First Place

Ka’nhehsí:io Deer
Google doodle pays tribute to Indigenous women’s rights advocate Mary Two-Axe Earley
CBC Indigenous

Second Place

Ramona Marozas, Reporter/Producer/Videographer/Editor for Story; Michael LeGarde, Senior Producer for Show; Lance Haavisto, Lead Videographer/Editor for Show; Dawn Mikkelson, Broadcast Content Manager; Patty Mester, President & General Manager & all the Native Report Team
EVERY CHILD MATTERS: Orange Shirt Day recognizes harm of Canada’s residential school system
WDSE-WRPT Native Report

Third Place

Angela Sterritt, Jenifer Norwell, Andrew Lee, Sheila Rider
Taking back Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
CBC The National

TV – Best Newscast

First Place

Cheryl McKenzie, Holly Moore, Ken Welsh, Derek Christianson
APTN National News
APTN

Second Place

Aliyah Chavez, Kaitlin Boysel, Carina Dominguez, Mark Trahant, Patty Talahongva, Shirley Sneve, Maxwell Montour, R. Vincent Moniz, Jr., Quindrea Yazzie
Cooking traditions, honoring Jim Thorpe, First Americans Museum and Rez Dogs
ICT

Print / Online – Best News Story

First Place

Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, Kevin Canfield
Tulsa Indian Affairs Commission asks city to withdraw brief on McGirt
Tulsa World

Second Place

Graham Lee Brewer
Native American women face an epidemic of violence. A legal loophole prevents prosecutions.
NBC News

Third Place

Meghan Sullivan
Supreme Court hears Alaska Native corporations case
ICT

Honorable Mention

Francine Compton
Human rights complaint filed against Indigenous Services claims age and race discrimination
CBC Indigenous Unit

Print / Online – Best News Photo

First Place

Cyrus Norcross
Seraphine Warren marches from Sweetwater, Ariz., to raise awareness about her aunt, Ella Mae Begay, as well as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Navajo Times

Second Place

Donovan Quintero
“Benjamin Henio, 70, gets vaccine”
Navajo Times

Third Place

Cyrus Norcross
“Miss Navajo contestant Niagara Rockbridge starts to slice parts of the sheep”
Navajo Times

Honorable Mention

Donovan Quintero
“Sylvia Clifford from Shiprock”
Navajo Times

Print / Online – Best Feature Story

First Place

Brandi Morin
Canada’s ‘crying shame’: The fields full of children’s bones
Al Jazeera English

Second Place

Brett Forester
Death By a Thousands Cuts
APTN

Third Place

Nick Estes
The battle for the Black Hills
High Country News

Honorable Mention

Charlotte West, Monica Braine
3 Native American women head to college in the pandemic. Will they get a sophomore year?
The Hechinger Report & High Country News

Print / Online – Best Feature Photo

First Place

Dalton Walker
400 years later, ‘we did not vanish’
ICT

Second Place

Cyrus Norcross
“Yvonne Todacheene, founder and director of Turquoise Paw”
Navajo Times

Third Place

Sharon Chischilly
“Balloons at Red Rock Balloon Rally”
Navajo Times

Honorable Mention

Sharon Chischilly
“Firefighters march with Bearsun”
Navajo Times

Print / Online – Best Sports Story

First Place

Ka’nhehsí:io Deer
Meet Washiiyeh Jeannotte, a 9-year-old hockey player with sharp stickhandling skills
CBC Indigenous

Second Place

David Smith
“‘Heart of a lion’: Diné to represent Arizona at Special Olympics USA Games”
Navajo Times

Third Place

Graham Lee Brewer
Cleveland Guardians’ name change isn’t the end of fight against racist symbols in sports
NBC News

Honorable Mention

Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
TPS Indian Education Parent Committee parents petition for school mascot changes
Tulsa World

Print / Online – Best Sports Photo

First Place

Sharon Chischilly
“Flagstaff freshman Alyssa Harris and Mingus player Kobe Madore”
Navajo Times

Second Place

Cyrus Norcross
“The 2021 AIA Holbrook Hidden Cove Sectionals boys race begins”
Navajo Times

Third Place

Cyrus Norcross
“Shandiin Harper pitches her golf ball out of the bunker onto the green on August 10 at Santa Ana Golf Club”
Navajo Times

Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage

First Place

Mary Annette Pember
A pipeline runs through it
ICT

Second Place

Brook Thompson
The familial bond between the Klamath River and the Yurok people
High Country News

Third Place

Meghan Sullivan
ANCSA at 50: Berries, wildlife and toxic lands
ICT

Print / Online – Best Health Coverage

First Place

Joseph Lee
A Native American Tribe In Oklahoma Denied Black Citizens COVID-19 Vaccines And Financial Relief
BuzzFeed News

Second Place

Paige Willett
Key to improving Native men’s mental health lies in community, culture
Hownikan

Third Place

Krista Allen
“‘Hope in small doses;’ Vaccine reaches Western Navajo”
Navajo Times

Honorable Mention

Kalen Goodluck, Lucy Meyer, Anjali Shrivastava
A Crude Virus: How ‘Man Camps’ Can Cause a COVID Surge
High Country News

Print / Online – Best Editorial

First Place

Shannon Shaw Duty
Osage Nation citizens seeking peace, respect for ancestors going into next year
The Tulsa World

Second Place

Niya DeGroat
Wait a minute, America! ‘This land is stolen land’
ICT

Third Place

Nick Martin
The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
High Country News

Print / Online – Best Column

First Place

Brandi Morin
Brandi Morin Toronto Star Op Ed’s based on Indigenous Topics
Toronto Star

Second Place

Doug Cuthand
Serious discussion on racism needed
Saskatoon Star Phoenix

Third Place

Jason Asenap
Jason Asenap film criticism series
High Country News

Print / Online – Excellence in Beat Reporting

First Place

Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Public education
Tulsa World

Second Place

Mary Annette Pember
A pipeline runs through it
ICT

Third Place

Meghan Sullivan
Policy & Problem Solving in the Arctic
ICT

Honorable Mention

Health: COVID-19
Krista Allen
Navajo Times

Print / Online – Best Layout

First Place

Biskinik

Second Place

Kaleena Patcho, Joshua Koh
Ka Wai Ola News

Third Place

Trey DeLonais
Hownikan

Print / Online – Best Digital Publication

First Place

Mary Annette Pember, Meghan Sullivan, Joaqlin Estus, Kolby Kickingwoman, Kalle Benallie, Chris Aadland, Carina Dominguez, Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Dianna Hunt, Dalton Walker
Enbridge, ANCSA, Disenrolled Nooksack, Homelands in peril and Portraits from the pandemic
ICT

Second Place

Alice Silbanuz, Lisette Fernandez-Akamine, Kaleena Patcho, Ed Kalama, Joshua Koh, Jason Lees, William “Trip” Rems
Ka Wai Ola News
Ka Wai Ola

Third Place

Native News Online Team
Native News Online

Print / Online – General Excellence

First Place

Navajo Times

Second Place

Jennifer Bell, John VanPool, Paige Willett, Mary Leaver, Rachel Vishanoff, Emily Guleserian, Trey DeLonais, Garett Fisbeck, Brittany Oswald
Hownikan

Third Place

Alice Silbanuz, Lisette Fernandez-Akamine, Kaleena Patcho, Ed Kalama, Joshua Koh, Jason Lees
Ka Wai Ola News

Multimedia – Best Multimedia

First Place

Cullen Crozier, Kenneth Jackson
APTN Investigates: In Plain Sight
APTN

Second Place

Allison Herrera
When Police Shoot Tribal Citizens On Muscogee Nation Land, Families Ask ‘Who’s Held Accountable?’
KOSU and The Frontier

Third Place

Julian Brave NoiseCat, John Fecile
The Census Powwow
Snap Judgment

Honorable Mention

Wawmeesh Hamilton, Jodie Martinson, Alison Cook, Ben Shannon, Amy Husser, Althea Manasan, Lakshine Sathiyanathan
Tasting Freedom
CBC Radio One

Radio / Podcast – General Excellence

First Place

Andi Murphy
Toasted Sister Podcast

Second Place

Jarrette Werk, Avory Wyatt, Richard Boland, Heidi Kyser, Regina Revazova, Joe Schoenmann
Native Nevada
Nevada Public Radio (NPR member station)

Third Place

Tac Maywii Nixyaawii with Boots Pond & Jill-Marie Gavin & Topics for Families with Katherine Palmer & Guest Co-Host Merle Kirk
KCUW-LP Pendleton

Honorable Mention

Gary Fife
Mvskoke Radio
Mvskoke Media

Radio / Podcast – Best Sport Story

First Place

Rhonda LeValdo
Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball is back on the court
National Native News

Second Place

Diego Luke, Marie Rock
Minnesota Vikings 4th Annual Indigenous Bowl
Minnesota Native News

TV – Best News Story

First Place

Angel Moore
Fishers plan to keep fishing despite DFO harassment
APTN

Second Place

The boy behind the cruel nickname
Ka’nhehsí:io Deer
CBC Investigative Unit/CBC Indigenous

Third Place

Priscilla Wolf
Muskowekwan Nation searches residential-school
APTN

TV – Excellence in Beat Reporting

First Place

Antonia Gonzales
Health and Wellness in Indian Country
New Mexico In Focus

Second Place

Stacie Boston
Small Communities, Big Stories: Lost City, Scraper, Porum
Cherokee Phoenix

TV – General Excellence

First Place

Michael LeGarde, Senior Producer; Ramona Maroza, Multimedia Producer; Lance Haavisto, Lead Videographer/Editor for Show; Dawn Mikkelso, Broadcast Content Manager; Patty Mester, President & General Manager & all the Native Report Team
WDSE-WRPT Native Report

Second Place

Darren Brown, Diego Hartico, Adam Youngbear
Cheyenne and Arapaho Television

Third Place

Aliyah Chavez, Kaitlin Boysel, Carina Dominguez, Mark Trahant, Patty Talahongva, Shirley Sneve, Maxwell Montour, R. Vincent Moniz, Jr., Quindrea Yazzie
ICT

Print / Online – Best Column

First Place

Gary Fife
Emvpanayv: One Who Tells the Story
Mvskoke Media

Second Place

Cary Rosenbaum
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Coyote Stories

Print / Online – Best Digital Publication

First Place

Smoke Signals staff
smokesignals.org
Smoke Signals

Second Place

Jeremy Wade Shockley, Robert L. Ortiz, McKayla Lee, Trennie Collins, Fabian Martinez
The Southern Ute Drum

Third Place

Cary Rosenbaum, Miranda Vega Rector
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Print / Online – Excellence in Beat Reporting

First Place

Shaun Griswold
Missing and Murdered
Source New Mexico

Second Place

Derrick James
McGirt applied to Choctaw Nation
McAlester News-Capital

Third Place

Cary Rosenbaum
COVID-19 and the Umatilla
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Honorable Mention

Cary Rosenbaum
Sams Rises Up The Ranks Into National Office
Confederated Umatilla Journal

Print / Online – General Excellence

First Place

Cherokee Phoenix

Second Place

Shannon Shaw Duty, Benny Polacca, Cody Hammer, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, Ruby Hansen Murray, Sherry Stinson, Abigail Mashunkashey, Natasha Lovato, Jessica Brent, Kennedy Sepulvado
Osage News

Third Place

Jeremy Wade Shockley, Robert L. Ortiz, McKayla Lee, Trennie Collins, Fabian Martinez
The Southern Ute Drum

Honorable Mention

Montoya Whiteman, Kristen Goodfriend, Meghan Little, Candace McDonough
Winds of Change Magazine

Print / Online – Best Elder Coverage

First Place

Shelia Kirven
Covid-19 Stories of Loss and Survival
Biskinik

Second Place

Paige Willett
Kansas art museum screens Citizen Potawatomi Nation member’s historical documentary
Hownikan

Third Place

Rosemary Stephens
Life’s Journeys: Changing Through The Years
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune

2022 IJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award

Cheryl McKenzie, APTN

2022 IJA Richard LaCourse Award For Investigative Journalism

Indigenous Investigative Collective – High Country News, ICT, National Native News and Searchlight New Mexico

2022 IJA Elias Boudinot Free Press Award

Navajo Times