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past Best OF Show winners
1972
Solomon McCombs – “Untitled”
1973
Freeman Mitchell – “Come on Granny”
1974
David Williams – “The Trail of Tears”
1975
Freeman Mitchell – “Why Did They Do That To Us?”
1976
Johnny Hawks – “Reflections – Yesterday and Today”
1977
Solomon McCombs – “The March”
1978
Mike Wimmer – “Trail of Tears”
1979
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1980
Charles Pratt – “Indian Territory – Now We Rest”
1981
Jason Stone – “Great Blue Heron”
1982
C.A. (Cathy) Rutledge – “Her First Basket”
1983
Valjean McCarty Hessing – “Journey to Indian Territory”
1984
Parker Boyiddle – “True Dog”
1985
Valjean McCarty Hessing – “Trail of Tears”
1986
Gary Montgomery – “The Teacher”
1987
Manyi-Ten – “Final Harvest in the Palo Duro”
1988
Murv Jacob – “Tennessee River Village”
1989
Troy Anderson – “Bird Maiden”
1990
Donald Vann – “Leaving the Memories”
1991
Barthell Little Chief – “Brothers of the Night”
1992
Dianna Beach – “Tears for Her Children”
1993
Tillier Wesley – “Color of the Spirit”
1994
Dorothy Sullivan – “She Speaks for Her Clan”
1995
Robby McMurtry – “Coke and a Smoke”
1996
Daniel Horsechief – “Going Snake’s Trail”
1997
Troy Anderson – “Anti-tsa-squa”
1998
Brad McLain – “Something Borrowed & Blue”
1999
Bill Glass Jr. – “Forced Removal”
2000
Bob Thomason – “Spellbound-Ancient Cherokee Ways”
2001
Sonja Ayres – “Spiro Chief”
2002
Talmadge Davis – “The Headress”
2003
Fred Trompler – “Spirit Power”
2004
Norma Howard – “Gathering River Canes”
2005
K. Henderson – “Son of the Earth”
2006
Roy Boney – “Our Father”
2007
Joel Queen – “In His Own Hand”
2008
Joel Queen – “Industrial Strength Basket”
2009
Gary Allen – “The Cherokee Birdman”
2010
Norma Howard – “Untitled”
2011
Troy Jackson – “Putting the Pieces Together”
2012
Dan Corley – “Reflections”
2013
Troy Jackson – “Waiting on the Tractor”
2014
Troy Jackson – “5:00 Friday”
2015
Bill and Demos Glass – “Warrior’s Doorway”
2016
Troy Jackson – “The Building of a Nation”
2017
Tony Tiger – “Metamorphosis”
2018
Troy Jackson – “Adadolisdi – The Prayer”
2019
Troy Jackson – “Faith in the Creator”
2020
Jerry Sutton – “Cultural Appropriation”
2021
Vivian Garner Cottrell – “We Are Still Here”
2022
Tonia Hogner-Weavel – “Flower Dress and Purse”
2023
Roy Boney – “ᏚᏙᎠ ᏥᏍᏚ ᎤᏂᎩᏍᏗ (Her Name is Wild Rose)”
2024
John Henry Gloyne – “Burial Ceremony: The Four Souls of the Cherokee Being”
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