Winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award
Native Writers' Circle of the Americas
1992 - N. Scott Momaday
Kiowa-Cherokee | Tucson, AZ
1993 - Simon J. Ortiz
Acoma Pueblo | Tucson, AZ
1994 - Leslie Marmon Silko
Laguna Pueblo | Tucson, AZ
1995 - Joy Harjo
Creek | Albuquerque, NM
1996 - Vine Deloria, Jr.
Sioux, Standing Rock | Boulder, CO
1997 - James Welch
Blackfeet-Gros Ventre | Missoula, MT
1998 - Linda Hogan
Chickasaw | Idledale, CO
1999 - Joseph Bruchac
Abenaki | Greenfield Center, NY
2000 - Louise Erdrich
Chippewa | Minneapolis, MN
2001 - Paula Gunn Allen
Laguna Pueblo | San Pablo, CA
- & -
Gerald Vizenor
Chippewa | Berkeley, CA
2002 - Maurice Kenny
Mohawk | Saranac Lake, NY
2003 - Geary Hobson
Cherokee-Arkansas Quapaw | Norman, OK
2004 - Lee Francis III
Laguna Pueblo | Albuquerque, NM
2005 - Carter Revard
Osage | St. Louis, MO
2006 - Luci Tapahonso
Navajo | Tucson, AZ
2007 - Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Sioux, Crow Creek Res. | Rapid City, SD
2008 - Robert J. Conley
Cherokee | Cullowhee, NC
2009 - Jack D. Forbes
Powhatan-Delaware | Davis, CA
2010 - Sherman Alexie
Spokane-Coeur d'Alene | Seattle, WA
2011 - Wilma Mankiller
Cherokee | Stilwell, OK
2012 - LeAnne Howe
Choctaw | Urbana, IL
2013 - D.L. Birchfield
Choctaw-Chickasaw | Lethbridge, AB/Oklahoma City, OK
2014 - Diane Glancy
Cherokee | Kansas City, MO
2015 - Allison Hedge Coke
Huron/Metis-Cherokee | Oklahoma City, OK
2016 - John Trudell
Santee Dakota | Santa Clara, CA
- & -
Jim Northrup
Ojibwe, Fond du Lac Res. | Fond du Lac, MN
2017 - Duane Niatum
Klallam | Seattle, WA
2018 - William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.
Assiniboine | Old Town, ME