The Canadian Native Arts Association presents the 2001 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, held at the Northern Alberta Jubille Auditorium in Edmonton and co-hosted by hockey player Ted Nolan and Pan Am Gold Medalist Waneek Horn-Miller. Other performers include Tina Keeper, Lorrie Church Sandi Croft, Nathaniel Arcand, Jessica Arcand, Krystle Pederson, Fara Palmer, Marion Newman, Carey Newman and Melody Mercredi.