Theo (Theoren) Fleury

Theo (Theoren) Fleury may be 5’6” in height, but his huge heart, determination and attitude has made him one of the most unlikely hockey “giant” all-stars of all time.

That heart and desire continue to garner Fleury “Gold” as he meets new challenges off the ice with the same determination and attitude that took him from a small prairie town to the pinnacle of international hockey.

Australian Aborigine Olympians

Canadian Aboriginal Olympians

Native American Olympians

Stevie Salas

Special recognition was given to guitarist /musician/producer Stevie Salas at this year’s NAMMYS. Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Stevie Salas, is an American born rock guitarist of Apache descent.

With humble beginnings, Salas’ unique heavy funk/rock guitar styling’s quickly helped him make a name for himself in music industry circles in the late 1980’s. After twenty years in the business, Salas’ talent and swagger have earned him great respect in the music world as a studio and concert musician.

Kevin Gover

Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian

Kevin Gover is a member of the Pawnee and Comanche tribes. He is a former professor of law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Tempe, an affiliate professor in its American Indian Studies Program and co-executive director of the university’s American Indian Policy Institute. Gover began as director December, 2007