Past Honorees
2024
Anita "Mother Bear" Peters - Lifetime Achievement Award
Autumn Rain Johnson - Ellison “Tarzan” Brown Award
Akeia de Barros Gomes, PhD - Eva Butler Scholar Award
Julia Marden - Princess Red Wing Arts & Culture Award
Craig Spears Masonry - Eleanor Dove Entrepreneur Award
Tom Ahern - Kaukont Philanthropic Award
Allyson LaForge - Volunteer of the Year Award
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
2010
Everett “Tall Oak” Weeden
2008
Spencer Collier
2006
Rev. Roland Mars
2004
Eleanor F. Dove
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
2011
Darrell Waldron
2009
Chief Strong Horse
William S. Yellowrobe, Jr.
2007
Nuweetooun School
5th Anniversary
2005
Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas