In 2017 Cuthand was awarded the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. In 2021 his short film Kwêskosîw (She Whistles) won a Golden Sheaf for Short Subject- Fiction at the Yorkton Film Festival, the Mana Advancement of Indigenous Rights Award at the Wairoa Maori Film Festival in New Zealand, and the Bronze Audience Award for Best Canadian Short at Fantasia.
