Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album

Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

[2] Following a three-year lobbying effort by Ellen Bello, founder of the Native American Music Awards and the Native American Music Association,[3] the Grammy award was first presented to Tom Bee and Douglas Spotted Eagle in 2001 as the producers of the compilation album Gathering of Nations Pow Wow.

[4] While some Native American artists criticized the award category for being "too narrowly defined to accommodate the breadth of today's Indian music", others took pride in its inclusion.

[7] As performing artists, Bill Miller and Mary Youngblood share the record for the most wins in this category, with two each.

In 2011, the category Best Native American Music Album was eliminated along with thirty others due to a major overhaul by the Recording Academy.