Student Category – Radio / Podcast
Radio / Podcast – Best Feature Story
First Place
Tyler Jones
KLWN Lawrence
Major Dan Rooney at the PGA Championship
Second Place
Tyler Jones
KLWN Lawrence
Kansas Director of Athletics Jeff Long
Radio / Podcast – Best News Story
First Place
Tyler Jones
KLWN Lawrence
Kansas Football vs Nicholls State Preview
Radio / Podcast – General Excellence in Student Coverage
First Place
Tyler Jones
KLWN Lawrence
Thinking Out Loud with Tyler Jones
Student Category – TV
TV – Best Feature Story
First Place
Lillian Donohue
Cronkite News
Arizona State University
Supai village residents are fearful for their future
Second Place
Lillian Donohue
Cronkite News
Arizona State University
Indigenous tribes unite at the World Championship Hoop Dances
Third Place
Jarrette Werk
First Nations Focus
Our identity is really tied to the water and the fish…
TV – Best News Story
First Place
Samantha Gebers
Cronkite News
Arizona State University
Protestors: Culture Not Costume
Second Place
Ariana Bustos
Cronkite News
Arizona State University
Indian educational systems face cuts in the Trump administration budget
Third Place
Michael Begay
Haskell News
Haskell Indian Nations University
Flooding in Haskell dorms
TV – General Excellence in Student Coverage
First Place
Cronkite News
Arizona State University
Second Place
Haskell News
Haskell Indian Nations University
Student Category – Print / Online
Print / Online – Best Editorial
First Place
Allen Stephenson
Haskell Leader
Haskell Indian Nations University
Welcome to Sovereignty
Second Place
Allen Stephenson
Haskell Leader
Haskell Indian Nations University
Make America Think Again
Print / Online – Best Sports Story
First Place
Nate Fain
Cronkite News
‘Looking for someone like me’: JJ Nakai blazes trail for younger Native American basketball players
Second Place
Tyler Jones
NDNSports
Rickie Fowler (Navajo) finishes tied for 12th in the 100th PGA Championship
Third Place
Shirley Cypher
Haskell Indian Leader
Barbellas: Powerlifting women empowering women
Print / Online – Best Sports Photo
First Place
Sean Parrish
Haskell Indian Leader
Cailey Lujan – Volleyball Player of the Week
Second Place
Lila Metcalf
Haskell Indian Leader
Haskell Student Section
Third Place
Makayla Sloan
Haskell Indian Leader
Nakia Hendricks ready for tip off
Print / Online – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Lillian Donahue
Cronkite News
Family keeps Apache traditions alive
Second Place
Anya Magnuson
Cronkite News
Honoring tradition: All-Indian rodeo
Third Place
Nicole Neri
Cronkite News
Jordyn Lunn, 22, shows her dress
Print / Online – Best Feature Story
First Place – Tie
Taylor Notah
Turning Points Magazine
Showdown on the Rez
First Place – Tie
Garet Bleir and Anya Zoledziowski
Carnegie-Knight News21
Cases of missing and murdered Native American women challenge police, courts
Second Place – Tie
Sarabeth Henne
Cronkite News
Tribally owned solar power plant beats skeptics, odds on Navajo Reservation
Second Place – Tie
Tayler Brown
Cronkite News
Native American farmer’s plan moves to global market, great sustainability
Third Place – Tie
Lillian Donahue
Cronkite News
Full circle: Urban Native American family keeps Apache traditions alive through hoop dancing
Third Place – Tie
Christopher Cadeau and Lillian Donahue
Cronkite News
Hands, heart and feet: Havasupai children write letters urging Trump to ban canyon mining
Print / Online – Best News Photo
First Place
Michael Begay
Haskell Indian Leader
#ILookLikeAPolitician
Second Place
Erynn Ducheneaux
Haskell Indian Leader
Haskell fire circle for Trevor Mohawk’s life
Print / Online – Best News Story
First Place
Bryan Pietsch
Cronkite News
Tribal leaders tell Senate voting barriers are persistent, systemic
Second Place – Tie
Lillian Donahue and Abdel Jimenez
Cronkite News
Despite rough patches, officials recall McCain’s service to Native Americans
Second Place – Tie
Alexis Egeland
Cronkite News
Potential buyer for Navajo Generating Station out, plant closure likely
Third Place – Tie
Erynn Ducheneaux
Haskell Indian Leader
Remembering Trevor Mohawk
Third Place – Tie
Connor MacDonald
Haskell Indian Leader
Sharice Davids wins big
Print / Online – General Excellence in Student Coverage
First Place
Students in the Reporting in Indigenous Communities course, University of British Columbia
More Than Words
IndigenousReporting.com
Second Place
Haskell Indian Leader
Haskell Indian Nations University
Third Place
Taylor Notah
Turning Points Magazine
Arizona State University
ASSOCIATE DIVISION I & II
Associate Divisions I & II Combined Categories – Print / Online
Print / Online – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Justus Caudell
Tribal Tribune
Elder reconnects with ancient site
Second Place
Jeremy Wade Shockley
The Southern Ute Drum
Tri-Ute Games: Archery
Third Place
Wil Phinney
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Sunny Walsey Dances
Print / Online – Best Feature Story
First Place
Beverly Bidney
The Seminole Tribune
Two spirit couple competes in sweethearts special
Second Place
Candice Bernd
Truthout
Indigenous Asylum Seekers Face Language Barriers and a Legacy of Oppression at the Border
Third Place
Wil Phinney
Confederated Umatilla Journal
It’s all adding up for Sophie Van Pelt
Print / Online – Best News Photo
First Place
Justus Caudell
Tribal Tribune
Never forgotten
Second Place
Jeremy Wade Shockley
The Southern Ute Drum
Fiesta Days Rodeo
Third Place
Wil Phinney
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Controlled burn burns out of control
Print / Online – Best News Story
First Place
Dean Rhodes
Smoke Signals
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
The new normal
Second Place
Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Meteorite impact
Third Place
Damon Scott
The Seminole Tribune
Natives call for Lolita’s return
Print / Online – Best Sports Photo
First Place
Michelle Alaimo
Smoke Signals
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Reyes wins state 3A wrestling title
Second Place
Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals
Smoke Signals/Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Spikers
Third Place
Jeremy Wade Shockley
The Southern Ute Drum
Bull fighting across the American West
Print / Online – Best Photo of Native America
First Place
Beverly Bidney
The Seminole Tribune
Cattle for the hills at Smith Family Cattle Drive
Second Place
Jeremy Wade Shockley
The Southern Ute Drum
Southern Utes dance under blue bird skies
Third Place
Justus Caudell
Tribal Tribune
MMIW march
Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage
First Place
Wil Phinney
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Recycling rejected: China’s plastics ban means milk jugs, etc., now go to the landfill
Second Place
Kevin Johnson
The Seminole Tribune
Valholly Frank, seven other youth sue Gov. Scott over climate change
Third Place
Justus Caudell
Tribal Tribune
Tribal leaders call for clean up of illegal dumpsite
Print / Online – Best Coverage of Native America
First Place
Danielle Frost
Smoke Signals
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
A cultural milestone
Second Place
Justus Caudell and Cary Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Missing and murdered Indigenous women coverage
Third Place
Wil Phinney
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Sampson picks up Walla Walla staff for Peo Peo Mox Mox
ASSOCIATE DIVISION III
Associate Division III – TV
TV – Best Coverage of Native America
First Place
Melinda Janko, Michele Ohayon, Lekha Singh, Alan Blomquist, Dea Shandera-Hunter, Justine Nagan, Chris White, Christopher Hastings, Carmen L. Vicencio
America Reframed
100 Years – One Woman’s Fight for Justice
Second Place
Saila Huusko, Jasper Rischen, Sara Goldblatt, Mel Shimkovitz, Sally Jo Fifer, Pamela Hogan, Billy Luther, Shirley K. Sneve, Michael Ehrenzweig, Justine Nagan, Chris White, Christopher Hastings, Carmen L. Vicencio
America Reframed
Moroni for President
Third Place
Tom Fennario
APTN
Necessary Force
Associate Division III – Radio
Radio / Podcast – Best Feature Story
First Place
Karen Richards
KLCC
Ancient Oregon Languages Being Nudged Awake
Second Place
Melodie Edwards
Wyoming Public Radio
Matthew Shepard Is Part Of Our Tribe: The Two Spirit Movement On Wind River Reservation
Third Place
Karen Richards
KLCC
Tribal businesses on cusp of change
Radio / Podcast – Best News Story
First Place
Tennessee Watson
Wyoming Public Radio
Increasing Native American Representation At UW: ‘There Isn’t Just One Answer’
Second Place
Melodie Edwards
Wyoming Public Radio
Wind River Tribes Combat Violence Against Women
Third Place
Melodie Edwards
Wyoming Public Radio
Father And Daughter Discuss Catholic Influence And Abuse On The Wind River Reservation
Associate Division III – Print / Online
Print / Online – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Brian Adams
High Country News
One Inuit family’s life, straddling national borders: A brown bear at the dump in Aklavik
Second Place
Clarke Tolton
High Country News
The metalheads of the Navajo Nation: Laurence Tsosie, in the back of a truck
Third Place
Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs
APTN
Mummilaaq Qaqqaq of Baker Lake
Print / Online – Best Feature Story
First Place
Deonna Anderson
YES! Magazine
Standing Rock’s Surprising Legacy: A Push for Public Banks
Second Place
Elena Saavedra Buckley
High Country News
A revival for the Navajo Nation’s police force
Third Place
Jeff Gammage
The Philadelphia Inquirer
At Byberry Quaker library: a grim find: Native American remains in display case
Print / Online – Best News Story
First Place
Jeff Gammage
The Philadelphia Inquirer
A search for Native children who died on ‘Outings’ in Pa.
Second Place
Elena Saavedra Buckley
High Country News
Standing Rock’s countdown to election day
Third Place
Cindy Yurth
Navajo Times
Reissuance of NPL permits is bittersweet
Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage
First Place
Anna V. Smith
High Country News
How the Yurok Tribe is reclaiming the Klamath River
Second Place
Rima Krisst
Navajo Times
Who Sold the Farm?
Print / Online – Best Coverage of Native America
First Place
Anna V. Smith
High Country News
Series
Second Place
Adina Solomon
The Bitter Southerner
A Pipeline in the Sand
Third Place
Rima Krisst
Navajo Times
A hataali, naat’aanii, destined to serve
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION I
Professional Division I – Print / Online
Print / Online – Best Elder Coverage
First Place
Carey Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Still waiting, brother
Second Place
Tasha Silverhorn
O’Odham Action News
Shirley Martinez Shares Memories of Growing Up in Salt River
Print / Online – Best Health Coverage
First Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Tahlequah Daily Press
Poor diets, low screening rates factors for high local colorectal cancer
Second Place
Ken Luchterhand
Hocak Worak
Overcoming the negative is topic at Journey of Hope Conference
Third Place
McKayla Lee
The Southern Ute Drum
Living Hope-Mental Health
Print / Online – Best Sports Photo
First Place
Shane Moses
Tribal Tribune
Dirty work
Second Place
Trennie Collins
The Southern Ute Drum
Tri-Ute Games
Third Place
Cary Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Championship hold
Print / Online – Best Sports Story
First Place
Cary Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Two steps forward, no steps back
Second Place
Lori Ann Edmo
Sho-Ban News
Remembering Silver
Third Place
Dalton Walker
O’odham Action News
NABI Championship Dreams
Print / Online – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Dalton Walker
O’odham Action News
Bald Eagles Banded
Second Place
Trennie Collins
The Southern Ute Drum
Sam Burch Memorial
Third Place
Trennie Collins
The Southern Ute Drum
Bear Dance in full swing
Print / Online – Best Feature Story
First Place
Ken Luchterhand
Hocak Worak
Kuno uses his barber creativity and talent to bring smiles to his customers
Second Place
Ken Luchterhand
Hocak Worak
Ria tells of her love for dance, perceptions in ‘Glamour’ magazine
Third Place
Cary Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Colville Warriors
Print / Online – Best News Photo
First Place
McKayla Lee
The Southern Ute Drum
Science & Discovery
Second Place
Media Services
Meskwaki Nation Times
MNR Controlled Burns
Third Place
McKayla Lee
The Southern Ute Drum
Tres Rios Ropes ‘Em In
Print / Online – Best News Story
First Place
Ken Luchterhand
Hocak Worak
Sharice Davids throws her hat in the ring for Congress
Second Place
Cary Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Reservation Restoration
Third Place
Ken Luchterhand
Hocak Worak
La Crosse Community Debates on future of ‘Hiawatha’ statue
Professional Division I – Print
Print – Best Layout
First Place
Jessica Joaquin
O’odham Action News
Second Place
Lori Ann Edmo
Sho-Ban News
Third Place
Robert Ortiz
The Southern Ute Drum
Print – General Excellence
First Place
The Southern Ute Drum
Second Place
Tribal Tribune
Third Place
Sho-Ban News
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION II
Professional Division II – Radio / Podcast
Radio / Podcast – Best Feature Story
First Place
Tripp Crouse
KNBA
Inuit throat singers
Second Place
Jill-Marie Gavin
Mission Minute
KCUW Pendleton
Foster Care Recruitment on the Umatilla Reservation
Third Place
Tripp Crouse
KNBA
Maori Delegation to Alaska: It’s Great to Be Native
Radio / Podcast – Best News Story
First Place
Tripp Crouse
KTOO Public Media
Tsimshian teacher fights to stay in ancestral territory
Radio / Podcast – General Excellence
First Place
Andi Murphy
Toasted Sister Podcast
Second Place
Jiselle Halfmoon
KCUW 104.3FM
Third Place
Gary Fife
Mvskoke Radio
Professional Division II – TV
TV – Best Feature Story
First Place
Kevin Barnett
Mvskoke Vision
Celebrating Second Chances
Second Place
Jonathan Leclair
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Why We Ride
Third Place
Jason Salsman
Mvskoke Vision
MCN citizen is steward of “The War at Home” Mission 22 Memorial
TV – Best News Story
First Place
Jason Salsman
Mvskoke Vision
MCN Free Press Repeal passes Council
TV – General Excellence
First Place
Darren Brown and Adam Youngbear
Cheyenne and Arapaho TV
Second Place
Jason Salsman
Mvskoke Vision
Mvskoke Media
Third Place
Jonathan Leclair
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Code Talkers
Professional Division II – Print
Print – Best Layout
First Place
Osage News
Second Place
Travis Snell
Cherokee Phoenix Third Place
Third Place
Mvskoke News
Mvskoke Media
Print – General Excellence
First Place
Cherokee Phoenix
Second Place
Mvskoke News
Mvskoke Media
Third Place
Osage News
Professional Division II – Online
Online – Best Digital Publication
First Place
Southern Ute Drum
Professional Division II – Print / Online
Print / Online – Best Column (with Div. I)
First Place
Ruby Hansen Murray
Osage News
Domestic Violence, overdose or suicide, we can help each other
Second Place
Cary Rosenbaum
Tribal Tribune
Coyote Stories: Five years of sobriety and reminders why I quit
Third Place
Darren DeLaune
Mvskoke Media
My sister is my keeper
Print / Online – Best Editorial
First Place
Tim Giago
Native Sun News
Sovereignty and treaties are under attack
Second Place
Charles F. Sams III
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Unseen Scars of War
Third Place
Charles F. Sams III
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Good health: a personal right and a treaty right
Print / Online – Best Elder Coverage
First Place
Rosemary Stephens
Cheyenne & Arapaho
Veteran elder spends life in service of country and others
Second Place
Rosemary Stephens
Cheyenne & Arapaho
AARP Oklahoma continues tradition of recognizing Native American elders
Third Place
Rosemary Stephens
Cheyenne & Arapaho
Honoring the life and service of 90-year-old Arapaho veteran John T. Levi Jr.
Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage (Monthly / Semimonthly)
First Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Osage News
Another wind project may be on the horizon for Osage County
Second Place
Rosemary Stephens
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune
Environmental impacts of climate change is focus of Cheyenne and Arapaho EOC
Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage (Daily / Weekly)
First Place
Talli Nauman
Native Sun News
Old prospectors move into sacred Pe’ Sla area
Print / Online – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Jill-Marie Gavin
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Children’s Root Feast
Second Place
Jill-Marie Gavin
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Boy on Fence
Third Place
Dallas Dick
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Valentines Owl Dancers
Print / Online – Best Feature Story
First Place
Jill-Marie Gavin
Confederated Umatilla Journal
She’s 1 in eight billion
Second Place
Crystal Scretching
Gulf Coast Woman Magazine
Through Her Daughter’s Eyes
Third Place
Angel Ellis
Mvskoke News
Veteran travels to France on a mission of honor
Print / Online – Best Health Coverage
First Place
Lindsey Bark
Cherokee Phoenix
Therapy improves autism effects in children
Second Place
Jill-Marie Gavin
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Tribes adopt new approach to suicide prevention
Third Place
Latoya Lonelodge
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune
Bringing opioid and heroin abuse awareness to communities
Print / Online – Best News Photo
First Place
Shannon Shaw Duty
Osage News
A veteran’s respect
Second Place
Shannon Shaw Duty
Osage News
Reflection on a Congressional career
Third Place
Shannon Shaw Duty
Osage News
Honoring the Nameless
Print / Online – Best News Story (Daily / Weekly)
First Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Journal Record
Tribal committee votes to reinstate Free Press Act
Second Place – Tie
Richie Richards
Native Sun News
Treaty tribes gather for historic meeting at Fort Laramie
Second Place – Tie
Tripp Crouse
KNBA
Governor and lieutenant governor address Alaska Federation of Natives
Print / Online – Best News Story (Monthly / Semimonthly)
First Place
Liz Gray
Mvskoke Media
Questions mount on Oklahoma medical marijuana
Second Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Osage News
Tribes not buying in to potential Department of Interior reorganization
Third Place
Rosemary Stephens
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Tribune
Largest Fire on Record in Oklahoma
Print / Online – Best Sports Photo
First Place
Dallas Dick
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Quanah Picard drives ball
Second Place
Dallas Dick
Confederated Umatilla Journal
Tyree Turn
Third Place
Shannon Shaw Duty
Osage News
Daposka Ahnkodapi Cross Country
Print / Online – Best Sports Story
First Place
Shannon Shaw Duty
Osage News
Osage and Alaskan native youth alleges racial harassment at Class A Regional Softball Tournament
Second Place
James Giago Davies
Native Sun News Today
Martinez retires; Janis steps in
Third Place
Latoya Lonelodge
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal Tribune
Lucky Star Casino hosts Rage in the Cage
Print / Online – Excellence in Beat Reporting
First Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Osage News
Osage Minerals Council
Second Place
Benny Polacca
Osage News
Osage Nation elections
Third Place
Angel Ellis
Mvskoke News
Mvskoke Media
Justice
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION III
Professional Division III – Radio / Podcast
Radio / Podcast – Best Feature Story
First Place
Connie Walker
CBC
Missing And Murdered: Finding Cleo
Second Place
Alexis Sallee
Indigefi / Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Definition of Resilience: Teachers
Third Place
Brian Bull
KLCC
For Two Spirits, An Opportunity To Reclaim Acceptance Across Indian Country
Radio / Podcast – Best News Story
First Place
Monica Braine
Native America Calling
November in the news
Second Place
Brian Bull
KLCC
Lowly Lamprey’s Numbers Focus of Tribes, Conservation Groups
Third Place
Graham Lee Brewer
NPR
Oklahoma Indian Reservation Case Heads To Supreme Court
Radio / Podcast – General Excellence
First Place
Alexis Sallee
Indigefi / Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Definition of Resilience
Second Place
Monica Braine, Tara Gatewood, Andi Murphy
Native America Calling
The Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868, The science and politics of DNA, Sovereignty in action: tribal elections
Third Place
Antonia Gonzales
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Alaska’s Native Voice
Professional Division III – TV
TV – Best Feature Story
First Place
Cherokee Nation
Osiyo, Voices of Cherokee People
Crosslin Smith, The Old Ways
Second Place
Trina Roache
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
APTN Investigates: History Decolonized
Third Place
Antonia Gonzales and Sarah Gustavus
New Mexico in Focus
Traditional Foods
Honorable Mention
Madeleine Alakkariallak
CBC North – Nunavut
Hunting in Grise Fiord
TV – Best News Story
First Place
Antonia Gonzales
Honoring Treaties to Understand The Past & Plan For The Future
Second Place
Antonia Gonzales
Native Voting Challenges
TV – General Excellence
First Place
Cherokee Nation
Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People
Second Place
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
APTN Investigates
Third Place
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC North – Nunavut
Professional Division III – Print (Monthly / Semimonthly)
Print – Best Sports Photo
First Place
Garett Fisbeck
Hownikan
OSSA Softball Championship
Second Place
Garett Fisbeck
Hownikan
OSSA Softball Championship
Third Place
Garett Fisbeck
Hownikan
Baseball camp
Print – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Garett Fisbeck
Hownikan
Balloon Fest 2018
Second Place
Josue Rivas
Yes! Magazine
Decolonization Starts Inside of You
Third Place
Garett Fisbeck
Hownikan
Bill and Marti
Print – Best Feature Story
First Place
Julian Brave NoiseCat
High Country News
A tale of two housing crises, rural and urban
Second Place
Sarah Sunshine Manning
Yes! Magazine
Decolonizing Birth: Women Take Back Their Power as Life-Givers
Third Place
Kendra Germany
Biskinik
Pettigrew Achieves Dream of Working for NASA
Honorable Mention
Sterling Wong
Ka Wai Ola
Leading them Home
Print – Best News Story
First Place
Kendry Germany
Biskinik
Remains of Choctaw Korean War Veteran Return Home After 68 years
Second Place
Mary Belle Zook
Hownikan
DNA testing, impacts across Indian Country
Third Place
Lisa Reed
Biskinik
Emergency Management Team shows Chahta spirit during aftermath of Hurricane Florence
Print – Best Layout
First Place
Trey DeLonais
Hownikan
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Second Place
Nelson Gaspar and Kaleena Patcho
Ka Wai Ola
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Third Place
Biskinik
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Print – General Excellence
First Place
Hownikan
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Second Place
Biskinik
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Professional Division III – Print (Daily / Weekly)
Print – Best Sports Photo
First Place
Donovan Quintero
Navajo Times
Nice Pass
Second Place
Ravonelle Yazzie
Navajo Times
Wyatt Betoney flies high
Third Place
Donovan Quintero
Navajo Times
Bowen Martin
Print – Best Feature Photo
First Place
Donovan Quintero
Navajo Times
A long time coming
Second Place
Ravonelle Yazzie
Navajo Times
Shada Stormy Jim
Third Place
Ravonelle Yazzie
Navajo Times
Pine Hill Elementary Students
Print – Best Feature Story
First Place
Donovan Quintero
Navajo Times
Making it Rain
Second Place
Pauly Denetclaw
Navajo Times
This is my beauty
Third Place
Arlyssa Becenti
Navajo Times
Mouse catcher finds a home in Speaker’s office
Print – Best News Story
First Place
Mary Hudetz
Associated Press
Teens’ experience shows campus reality for Native Americans
Second Place
Krista Allen
Navajo times
Thirsty mustangs die in mud; chapter looks for answers
Third Place
Arlyssa Becenti
Navajo Times
Naaltsoos Sáni’
Print – Best Layout
First Place
Navajo Times
Print – General Excellence
First Place
Navajo Times
Professional Division III – Print (Combined Daily / Monthly Categories)
Print – Best Column
First Place
Doug Cuthand
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
The loss of a child never leaves you – You must get through it, but you never get over it
Second Place
Karen Lincoln Michel
Madison Magazine
A legacy of UNITY
Third Place
Elizabeth Hawksworth
YES! Magazine
I inherited my grandfather’s trauma – and his healing culture
Print – Best Sports Story
First Place
Sunnie Clahchischiligi
Navajo Times
It Makes Us Bigger
Second Place
Quentin Jodie
Navajo Times
She Loves To Compete
Third Place
Paige Willett
Hownikan
Roping To Live
Professional Division III – Online
Online – Best Column
First Place
Mark Anthony Rolo
The Progressive
“Going Native”
Second Place
Graham Lee Brewer
High Country News
Indian Country
Online – Best News Story
First Place
Tristan Ahtone
High Country News
National Congress of American Indians Roiled by Claims of Harassment and Misconduct
Second Place
Graham Lee Brewer
High Country News
Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Highlights Police Data Failures
Third Place
Sydney Worth
Yes! Magazine
Indian Country Moves to Secure Voting Rights
Online – Best Feature Story
First Place
Allison Herrera
High Country News
Who can adopt a Native child?
Second Place
Julian Brave NoiseCat
High Country News
A tale of two housing crises, rural and urban
Third Place – Tie
Mary Hudetz
The Associated Press
Hundreds of New Mexico inmates held past parole date
Third Place – Tie
Janice Cantieri
YES! Magazine
Indigenous women built these tiny houses
Professional Division III – Print / Online
Print / Online – Best Editorial (Monthly / Semimonthly)
First Place
Amanda Blackhorse
High Country News
Stop selling costumes that sexualize Indigenous women
Second Place
Matthew Fletcher
High Country News
Why Justice Anthony Kennedy wasn’t good for Indian Country
Print / Online – Best Editorial (Daily / Weekly)
First Place
Rebecca Nagle
The Washington Post
Half the Land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be.
Second Place
Pauly Denetclaw
Navajo Times
Our children must survive before they can thrive
Third Place
Jacquiline Keeler
NBC News THINK
Elizabeth Warren connected DNA and Native American heritage. Here’s why that’s destructive.
Print / Online – Best Environmental Coverage
First Place
Cary Rosenbaum
High Country News
When Atlantic salmon escape in the Pacific, who cleans up?
Second Place
Terri Hansen
Pacific Standard
Breaking a Sacred Trust: On the Exploitation of Traditional Native Knowledge
Third Place
Deb Krol
High Country News
A shrinking supply of abalone shells affects coastal tribes
Print / Online – Best Health Coverage (Monthly / Semimonthly)
First Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Hownikan
Nearly 1 in 5 Native moms experience postpartum depression symptoms
Second Place
Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
Hownikan
CDC: Cervical Cancer kills two times more Native women than white
Third Place
Rebecca Nagle
High Country News
What the Violence Against Women Act could do in Indian Country — and one major flaw
Print / Online – Best Health Coverage (Daily / Weekly)
First Place
Mary Hudetz
CJ Project
Patchwork health care for reservation inmates raises concern
Second Place
Donovan Quintero
Navajo Times
‘I’m gonna get bald’: 6-year-old begins second bout
Third Place
Arlyssa Becenti
Navajo Times
Garden expert wants to create oasis in food desert
Print / Online – Best News Photo (Monthly / Semimonthly)
First Place
Deidre Elrod
Biskinik
Buffalo Watch
Second Place
Kendra Germany
Biskinik
Young Choctaw
Third Place
Deidre Elrod
Biskinik
The Choctaw Nation Color Guard
Print / Online – Best News Photo (Daily / Weekly)
First Place
Eugene Tapahe
Tapahe Photography
Native women gather
Second Place
Jolene Yazzie
High Country News
Willie Greyeyes gazes across Paiute Canyon
Third Place
Eugene Tapahe
Tapahe Photography
Standing Rock man in headdress and sunglasses
Print / Online – Best Elder Coverage
First Place
Krista Allen
Navajo Times
Western Navajo Fair hits 50
Second Place
Krista Allen
Navajo Times
The last hataalii
Third Place
Donovan Quintero
Navajo Times
Remaining Navajo Code Talkers enjoy their day
Print / Online – Excellence in Beat Reporting (Monthly / Semimonthly)
First Place
Debra Utacia Krol
Freelance
Environmental Reporting
Second Place
Graham Lee Brewer
High Country News Reporting in Indian Country
Print / Online – Excellence in Beat Reporting (Daily / Weekly)
First Place
Mary Hudetz
The Associated Press
Justice and Law Enforcement
Second Place
Krista Allen
Navajo Times
Wild Horses
Third Place
Terri Hansen
YES! Magazine
Science and Indigenous Knowledge
2019 NAJA Elias Boudinot Free Press Award
Karyn Pugliese and Justin Brake, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
2019 NAJA Richard LaCourse Award
Kevin Abourezk and Acee Agoyo, Indianz.com
2019 NAJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award
Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today