was one of the most acclaimed and honored Native American musicians of her generation. She was fondly eulogized on the Native American Music Awards (NAMA) Facebook site as an artist “whose beautiful embellishing voice, strong Iroquois traditions, unequivocal elegance and courteous grace made her a prominent role model and highly respected musical matriarch” who “sang with, a collection of country-flavored songs, released in 2021 — and received a Grammy Award for her contributions to the 2005 album . Shenandoah was 64 when she passed away Nov. 22 at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.
