Awards
- Best Short Film - Silent Tears
- Telefilm Canada/Television Northern Canada Award for Best Canadian Aboriginal Language Television Program - Silent Tears (1998)
- Best Director. Reel World Film Festival (Toronto 2000)
- Lifetime Achievement Award in the area of art (2008). Given by National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (Naaf).
- CTV Fellowship Award
- Eagle Spirit Award
- Independent Filmmaker of the Year (Arizona International Film Festival) (2002).
- Best Film for Johnny Tootall at the 2005 American Indian Film Festival.
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