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Floyd Red Crow Westerman
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 He may be the most recognized face in Indian Country, with a dignified
and melodious voice to match. He’s met Prince Charles, President
Mitterrand of France, the late Pope John Paul II, and the King and
Queen of Spain. He has toured the globe with Sting on a speaking tour
about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and its Native peoples,
acted in films...
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Joanne Shenandoah
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 There is a special creative identity attached to singer Joanne Shenandoah. It is evident throughout the course of her career, beginning with the numerous recordings of Iroquois social songs that have come to define her music. Though she has no single song that can be described as a hit, her productivity and creativity since the late 1980s have led to her position today as one of the top-selling and most widely recognized Native recording artists.
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Walela: Cherokee Sisters Sing Their Way to Stardom
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 On February 9, 2002, Walela—the trio of Rita Coolidge, her sister Priscilla Coolidge and Priscilla's daughter Laura Satterfield—sang for their biggest audience, an estimated 4 billion people worldwide, at the opening ceremonies of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, alongside musicians Robbie Robertson and Jim Wilson.
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R. Carlos Nakai
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 At 53 [born 4/16/46], Nakai is one of the most prominent figures in Native American music. He took top honors in both the Best Male Artist and Best Flutist categories at the first Native American Music Awards in 1998 and top honors in the Best Instrumental Recording category in the 1999 NAMMYs.
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