The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (NAAA)



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NATIONAL ABORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (NAAA) WINNERS:
(about the awards)


Dr. Freda Ahenakew
Mariano Aupilardjuk
Roman Bittman
Dr Harold Cardinal
Dr. Lindsay Crowshoe
Tomson Highway
Fred House
Zacharias Kunuk
Richard Nerysoo
Lance Relland
Nicholas Sibbeston
Mary Thomas
Dolly Watts