Lifetime Achievement Awards
from the
Native Writers Circle of the Americas

1992N. Scott Momaday Kiowa-Cherokee
1993Simon J. OrtizAcoma Pueblo
1994Leslie Marmon SilkoLaguna Pueblo
1995Joy HarjoMuscogee (Creek)
1996Vine Deloria, Jr.Standing Rock Sioux
1997James WelchBlackfeet-Gros Ventre
1998Linda HoganChickasaw
1999Joseph BruchacAbenaki
2000Louise ErdrichChippewa
2001Paula Gunn Allen
Gerald Vizenor
Laguna
Chippewa
2002Maurice KennyMohawk
2003Geary HobsonCherokee/Arkansas Quapaw
2004Lee Francis IIILaguna Pueblo
2005Carter RevardOsage
2006Luci TapahonsoNavajo
2007Robert J. ConleyCherokee
2008Jack ForbesPowhatan-Renape, Delaware-Lenape
2009Elizabeth Cook-LynnCrow Creek Sioux
2010Sherman AlexieSpokane/Coeur D'Alene

These awards are based upon a writer's complete work to date. They are decided by a mail vote of members of the Native Writer's Circle of America. This award, and the First Book Awards, are the only literature prizes bestowed on Indian writers by Indian people.


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