Past Honorees

2023

Chief Marilynn Malerba - Lifetime Achievement Award

Charlie Smith - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Jason Mancini, PhD. - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Angel Smith - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

Danielle Greendeer - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award

Dr. Marcella R & Mr. Michael G Thompson - Kaukont Philanthropic Award

2021

Frank Forleo - Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. David Dooley - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Dr. Mack Scott - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Dr. Joyce Stevos - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

The Purple Shell - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award

Rhode Island Foundation - Kaukont Philanthropic Award

2019

Bishop Wallace F. Hazard - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

David S. Robinson - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Lisa Brooks, PHD. - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

2017

Dale Carson - Lifetime Achievement Award

Jessie Little Doe Baird - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobell - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Laughing Woman - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

Robert Shumate - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award

2015

John Christian Hopkins

Sibhan Senior, PH.D.

Holly Ewald

Dawn Dove

2013

Governor Lincoln Chafee

Elena Calderon Patino

Dawn Spears

Alberta Wilcox

2010

Everett “Tall Oak” Weeden

2008

Spencer Collier

2006

Rev. Roland Mars

2004

Eleanor F. Dove

2022

Ramona Peters - Lifetime Achievement Award

Kali Reis - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Christine DeLucia, PhD. - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Chris Newell - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

Mashantucket Pequot Sugar Shack - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award

Papitto Opportunity Connection - Kaukont Philanthropic Award

2020

Yvonne Dennis - Lifetime Achievement Award

Matika Wilbur - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Dr. Adrienne Keene - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Deborah Spears Moorehead - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

Tailinh Agoyo - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award

2018

Eleanor Dove - Lifetime Achievement Award

Sen. Louis DiPalma - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Kenny Merrick Jr. - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

2016

Jim Frasier - Lifetime Achievement Award

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award

Robert Geake - Eva Butler Scholar Award

Annawon Weeden - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award

Sherry Pocknett - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award

2014

Daniel Kertzner

Wanda Jean Lord

Allen L. Hazard Sr.

Myrna George

2012

Trudi Lamb Richmond

2011

Darrell Waldron

2009

Chief Strong Horse

William S. Yellowrobe, Jr.

2007

Nuweetooun School

5th Anniversary

2005

Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas