| Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Robbyn McKellop, Muscogee (Creek) Nation (Wichita State University) Bailey Pelletier, Cree from Cowessess First Nation (University of Saskatchewan) Jami Ecklund, Cherokee Nation (Wichita State University) Abigail Ried, Cherokee Nation (Kansas State University) |
|
2022 |
Colby Dean, Seneca-Cayuga (University of Oklahoma) Abigail Gallardo, Tunica-Biloxi (UCLA) Robbyn McKellop, Muskogee (Wichita State University) Chance Ward, Cheyenne River Sioux (University of Colorado) Makayla Williams, Cherokee (Augustana University) |
|
2021 |
Joni Tobacco, Oglala Sioux (Salish Kootenai College) |
|
2020 |
Maura Fournier, Métis (University of Winnipeg) |
|
2019 |
Carlton Gover, Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Universioty of Colorado-Bulder) |
|
2018 |
Justin Lund, Navajo Nation (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2017 |
Morgan Fluker, Kaw Nation of Oklahoma (Kansas State University) Martin Lopez, Apsaalooke (Crow) of Montana (University of Montana) |
|
2016 |
Melanie McKay-Cody, Chichamauga Cherokee (University of Oklahoma) Tyrone Peterson, Navajo Nation and Pascua Yagui Tribe (University of Iowa) |
|
2015 |
John Reynolds, Rosebud Sioux Tribe (St. Cloud State University) |
|
2014 |
Justin Lund, Navajo Nation (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2013 |
Melanie McKay-Cody, Chichamauga Cherokee (University of Kansas) |
|
2012 |
Royce Freeman, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nations (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2011 |
Michael B. Catches Enemy, Ogala Nation (St. Cloud State University) |
|
2010 |
Donna Longhorn, Shawnee/Delaware (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2009 |
Brad Kroupa, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations of North Dakota (University of Indiana) |
|
2008 |
Wilena Old Person, Yakama/Blackfeet (University of Montana) |
|
2007 |
Brenda Covington, Colville/Spokane (University of Montana) |
|
2006 |
Jason Hale, Prairie Band Potawatomi (Washburn) |
|
2005 |
La Rae Buckskin, Shoshone - Bannock (University of Idaho) |
|
2004 |
Gloria McCarty, Muscogee Creek (University of Oklahoma) John T. Haj, Delaware (University of Tulsa) |
|
2003 |
No award given |
|
2002 |
Julie Bartlett, Oglala Lakota (University of Winnipeg) |
|
2001 |
Laura Cocker, Manitoba Métis Federation (University of Winnipeg) Jana Vee Cornelius-Baird, Seminole/Creek (University of Oklahoma) |
|
2000 |
Claudette Rocan, Métis (University of Winnipeg) Martin Earring, Minneconju-Oglala, Cheyenne RIver Sioux Tribe (University of South Dakota) |
|
1999 |
Rebecca Amen, Omaha Tribe (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) |
|
1998 |
Paulette F. Steeves, Cree/Cherokee/Micmac (University of Arkansas) Jacquelin St.Clair, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (University of Wyoming) |
|
1997 |
Florence Whitehorse-Taylor, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma) Alix Reynolds, Manitoba Métis Federation (University of Winnipeg) Shanna Olinger, Yankton Sioux Tribe (Montana State University) |
|
1996 |
Evelyn Siegfried, Big Cree Band (University of Calgary) |
|
1995 |
Michelle Fox, Red Lake Chippewa (University of North Dakota) |
|
1994 |
Dawn Makes Strong Move, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (University of South Dakota) |
