The dedicated Native American Music Awards, which successfully proposed the Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, was launched in 1998 and continues to be held annually. The Native American Music Awards or N.A.M.A. was the first national awards program for Native American music in North America. The awards were born out of a need for greater recognition for Native American music initiatives and remains the largest professional membership based organization in the world.
When viewed from the side, an adult spine has a natural S-shaped curve. The neck (cervical) and low back (lumbar) regions have a slight concave curve, and the thoracic and sacral regions have a gentle convex curve (Fig.
Scoliosis is a condition in which the spineâin addition to the normal front to back curvatureâhas an abnormal side-to-side âSâ- or âCâ-shaped curvature. The spine is also rotated or twisted, pulling the ribs along with it to form a multidimensional curve.