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Article: Canada honors Aboriginal achievement with awards
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- Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
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- January 29, 2003
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
01-29-2003
TORONTO - Three Aboriginals from the arts community - rock legend Robbie
Robertson, writer Tom King and fiddler John Arcand are among the 14
recipients to win a prestigious National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the
Aboriginal community's highest honor.
Robbie Robertson, one of the premier songwriters of the rock era, receives
the Lifetime Achievement Award as one of the most influential musicians of
his era. A native of Six Nations, Robertson's group The Band was one of
rock's seminal acts. His work with Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan and Martin
Scorsese is legendary. Tom King, the writer of four best-selling novels,
numerous television scripts and the ...