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| 1992 | N. Scott Momaday | Kiowa-Cherokee |
| 1993 | Simon J. Ortiz | Acoma Pueblo |
| 1994 | Leslie Marmon Silko | Laguna Pueblo |
| 1995 | Joy Harjo | Muscogee (Creek) |
| 1996 | Vine Deloria, Jr. | Standing Rock Sioux |
| 1997 | James Welch | Blackfeet-Gros Ventre |
| 1998 | Linda Hogan | Chickasaw |
| 1999 | Joseph Bruchac | Abenaki |
| 2000 | Louise Erdrich | Chippewa |
| 2001 | Paula Gunn Allen Gerald Vizenor | Laguna Chippewa |
| 2002 | Maurice Kenny | Mohawk |
| 2003 | Geary Hobson | Cherokee/Arkansas Quapaw |
| 2004 | Lee Francis III | Laguna Pueblo |
| 2005 | Carter Revard | Osage |
| 2006 | Luci Tapahonso | Navajo |
| 2007 | Robert J. Conley | Cherokee |
| 2008 | Jack Forbes | Powhatan-Renape, Delaware-Lenape |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Cook-Lynn | Crow Creek Sioux |
| 2010 | Sherman Alexie | Spokane/Coeur D'Alene |
These awards are based upon a writer's complete work to date. They are decided by a mail vote of members of the Native Writer's Circle of America. This award, and the First Book Awards, are the only literature prizes bestowed on Indian writers by Indian people.