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Native American Music Association Awards Four Thousand Dollars In Educational Scholarships To Students From The Institute Of American Indian Arts

Albuquerque, NM - Four $1,000 scholarships were awarded to four students from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe during the Second Annual Native American Music Awards held on Saturday, November 6th, 1999. The Native American Music Association, a 501(c)(3) organization based in New York City provides hands on training and educational scholarships to Native American youth interested in preserving and promoting traditional and contemporary Native American music and art. Students were selected based on their financial needs and their contributions toward creating the set of the Second Annual Native American Music Awards.

The Native American Music Association proudly congratulates the following students:

Mary Young Bear Cody Lafferty Jessie Ryker-Crawford Summer Honyous

To commemorate National Native American Heritage month, an edited program of the First Annual Native American Music Awards will also be airing on the Metro channels in New York this week: Tuesday, November 16th - Metro Learning Channel at 9:30PM, 11:30PM, and 1:30AM Sunday, November 21st - MetroGuide Channel from 6:00PM - Midnight.