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Native American Mary Youngblood, half Seminole and half Aleut, is the first woman to professionally record the Native American Flute, and the first woman to win not just one, but two Grammy Awards for "Best Native American Music Album".

About her second Grammy Award, Silver Wave Records said, "...Mary Youngblood has always had the talent to stand out above the crowd, and with this honor she stakes her claim as the number one star of Native American music."

Mary's fifth and latest album “Dance with the Wind” won the 2007 Grammy Award for “Best Native American Music Album”. In an interview after accepting her award, Mary told the media that "'Dance With the Wind' was created during the 2006 winter storms in Northern California. The storms brought extremely high winds; a tall oak lost a few good sized limbs and the maples took a thrashing. Having an incredible affinity to trees, Mary looked at them in her backyard, and thought it would be hard to be a tree right then. But as she watched them, she noticed how the trees were almost moving with purposeful rhythm, and with something that resembled... JOY. Mary related her own personal stormy times to the dancing trees and realized she could be like they were. She was not going to give in to the elements either; she was going to learn to be more like the trees ... and "Dance With the Wind".

Mary’s fourth album “Feed the Fire” was nominated for the 2005 Grammy “Best Native American Music Album”. Mary’s original melodies and lyrics spanned a variety of musical styles and instruments - her wood flutes, piano, alto flute and sweet vocals. Special guest appearances by Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull), Bill Miller, and Joanne Shenandoah, all contributed to Mary’s album full of energy, warmth and passion. The tribute song ‘Feed the Fire’ for her birth parents and dedicated to her birth mother will melt your heart.

Find out more here: http://www.maryyoungblood.com/biography.asp