Tonight, Norval Morrisseau will posthumously receive the National Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award for 2008

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© 2006 Bruno Schlumberger/CanWest News Service

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"Norval Morrisseau's most significant and enduring achievement will be measured over generations as the lasting impact of his greatest ambition - to instill pride - makes itself felt in the art of new artists compelled to create by his masterful paintings."

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Greg A. Hill - Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada

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- The Gala ceremony of the 15th National Aboriginal Achievement Awards will be broadcasted at 8pm ET/PT on Saturday, March 22 on Global Television and Saturday, April 5 on APTN.

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* The above photograph of of Norval Morrisseau taken in Otawa in February, 2006 at the opening of the "Norval Morrisseau - Shaman Artist" exhibition. It was the first solo exhibition featuring a First Nations artist in 126-year history of the National Gallery of Canada