Makoche Wins Three NAMMY Awards Best Video of the Year, Best Spoken Word Recording of the Year and Songwriter of the Year Spirit Horses, a short form music video edited and produced by Bismarck, ND based Makoché Recording Company which features singer/songwriter Annie Humphrey and actor/activist John Trudell, received the NAMMY for Best Short Form Video of the Year at the Sixth Annual Native American Music Awards show on November 15, 2003. The video includes visuals from the audio recording sessions in the studio, archival footage from the 1960s of a wild horse roundup in the badlands and video archives courtesy of the North Dakota State Historical Society. The Heron Smiled, the record from which the Spirit Horses video emerged, previously received two NAMMY awards. The video can be viewed at www.makoche.com in the “Featured Artists” section. “Edge of America,” Humphrey’s latest recording has a release date of November 25, 2003. The Lakota Way: Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Character by Joseph M. Marshall III was awarded the NAMMY for the Best Spoken Word Recording. Marshall is a recognized historian, educator, lecturer and author. The recording is based on Joseph’s award winning book The Lakota Way. Joseph Fire Crow received the NAMMY’s Songwriter of the Year award for his latest release, Legend of the Warrior, which is also is a finalist for a GRAMMY nomination this year in the Best Native American Music Album category. Fire Crow received a GRAMMY nomination in 2001 for his previous release Cheyenne Nation. The NAMMY awards are given out each year by the Native American Music Association. NAMA is dedicated to promoting Native American music in all genres. Makoché artists have received a total of twenty-three nominations and eleven NAMMY awards during the past six years. Makoché Recording Company operates audio and video production studios and three record labels. -30-