2017 Red Earth Grand Award Winner (Best of Show)
Alberta Henderson (Navajo) "Yodi Nizohon" - Diversified Artform
President's Award
Benson Manygoats (Navajo) "Bolo" - Jewelry
Kathleen Everett Upshaw Award
Gene Smith (Sioux/Choctaw) "Thunder" - Sculpture
Awards by Division
Beadwork
- 1st:: Connie Hart Yellowman (Cheyenne), "Cabernet Medallion Necklace"
- 2nd:: Les Berryhill (Creek), "Dancing Beauty"
- 3rd:: Yonavea Hawkins (Caddo/Delaware), "Peace Eagle"
Clothing, Textiles, Weaving
- 1st:: Alberta Henderson (Navajo), "Yei Gods of Many Colors"
- 2nd:: Brihilda Coriz (Santo Domingo Pueblo), "Shirt for all Occasion"
Cultural Items
- 1st:: A. Wayne "Taysha" Earles (Caddo), "I-bati-hi-nin" Grandfather Thunder
- 2nd:: Paul Hacker (Choctaw), "Monarch of the Plains"
- 3rd:: John Timothy (Muscogee Creek), "The Beat is in the Feet"
Diversified
- 1st:: Daniel Worcester (Chickasaw), "The Crow"
- 2nd:: Jim Van Deman (Delaware), "Mandola"
- 3rd:: Anthony Lovato (Santo Domingo Pueblo), "The Hunt"
Drawings/Graphics/Photography
- 1st:: Lester Harragarra (Otoe-Missouria) "Numunuu"
- 2nd:: Mary Beth Timothy (Cherokee), "The Gatherer"
- 3rd:: Amada Pena (Pascua/Yaqui), "Mestizo Series? Paseo de los Bisontes"
Contemporary Jewelry
- 1st:: Abraham Begay (Navajo) "Contemporary Squash Blossom Necklace"
- 2nd:: Nelson Garcia (Santo Domingo Pueblo), "White Buffalo Set"
- 3rd:: Fortune Huntinghorse (Wichita), "Flower Hatband"
Traditional Jewelry
- 1st:: Clifton Aquilara (Santo Domingo Pueblo), "Gray Baby Olive Shell Heshi"
- 2nd:: Jolene Bird (Santo Domingo Pueblo), "Inlayed LongHorn Necklace"
- 3rd:: Clifton Aquilara (Santo Domingo Pueblo), "Multi Color Necklace with Silver Box Pendent"
Painting, Oil/Acrylic
- 1st:: Victoria McKinney (Echota Cherokee), "Buffalo Trace"
- 2nd:: Michael McCullough (Choctaw), "Badger Kachina"
- 3rd:: Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek), "Micco in New York 1790"
Painting, Watercolor
- 1st:: Ron Mitchell (Cherokee), "Fast Food"
- 2nd:: Gordon Yellowman (Cheyenne), "Cheyenne Painter Warrior"
- 3rd:: Michael McCullough (Choctaw), "Taos Pueblo
Traditional Pottery
- 1st:: Jeri Redcorn (Caddo), "Nuh Kaoshun"
- 2nd:: Chase Kahwinhut Earls (Caddo), "Kin-ee'see" Canadian River
Contemporary Pottery
- 1st:: Carolyn Bernard Young (Choctaw), "A Warrior's Prayer"
- 2nd:: Melvin Cornshucker (Cherokee), "Batey Creek Visitors"
- 3rd:: Karin Walkingstick (Cherokee), "Daisy Jar"
Sculpture
- 1st:: Tom Farris (Otoe/Cherokee), "Emergency 49"
- 2nd:: Carolyn Bernard Young (Choctaw), "Healing Magic of a Teacher"
- 3rd:: Debbe Edwards (Cherokee), "From the Thicket"
