The Native American Music Awards (NAMA) will return on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 at the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY. This will be the organization’s 20th awards event. Commemorating National Native American Heritage month, the host of the 20th Awards ceremony will be actor Robert Mesa (Navajo/ Soboba) who most recently played the character James Chee, the first Indigenous doctor on Grey’s Anatomy.

Oren Lyons will be recognized as a Living Legend. Lyons, who is 92, is the Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation. He is an artist, speaker, author and environmental activist for Indigenous peoples worldwide and holds the title of Wisdom Keeper.