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tanya tagaq in treaty one territory | tuesday, january 22
The sākihiwē festival is excited to kick-start its 2019 programming year in Treaty One Territory with a presentation partnership featuring the incredible Tanya Tagaq. The sold-out event at the West End Cultural Centre will begin with a reading from the artist's best-selling novel, Split Tooth, followed by a Q&A session before a performance by Tagaq and her band. Everything is set for Tuesday, January 22, with doors opening at 7:15 p.m.
We first presented Tagaq at the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre for the opening night of Aboriginal Music Week 2012. Since then, the throat singing innovator has won the Polaris Music Prize, received media coverage from outlets like Pitchfork and The New York Times, and toured globally.
Tanya Tagaq presented by the West End Cultural Centre
- Event Link: West End Cultural Centre
- Presenting Partners: sākihiwē festival, Manitobah Mukluks, Kivalliq Air
- Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
- Location: West End Cultural Centre, 585 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Time: Doors at 7:15 p.m. | Show at 8:00 p.m.
- Tickets: Sold out
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Tickets are sold out, but we want to give Indigenous women, girls, and non-binary folks a chance to attend the concert. We purchased four pairs of tickets to give away. If you're interested in winning a pair, follow us on social media, share this story/link on Facebook or Twitter (or share the concert poster below on Instagram), and tag the sākihiwē festival's profile in your post. We will do the draw at 8:00 p.m. CST on Sunday, January 20, and announce the winners on our Facebook page.
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We will not ask anyone to confirm their Indigenous ancestry, and we ask everyone to respect our goal of giving Indigenous women, girls, and non-binary folks a chance to attend the concert.
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About the sākihiwē festival
Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM), the producer of the sākihiwē festival, reintroduced its music programming in 2018 after a one-year hiatus during the Canada 150 celebrations.
“Our festival name is Cree, and it means ‘to love’ in English,” explains AMM’s Festival Director, Alan Greyeyes. “We partnered with Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata, the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the North Point Douglas Women’s Centre, Central Neighbourhoods, Jazz Winnipeg, Synonym Art Consultation, and many others to spread love to more than 13,000 people in Winnipeg last year. We have a lot of great things planned for 2019.”
The sākihiwē festival is set for June 14 - 16 in Treaty One Territory. It will begin with a sweat lodge ceremony on June 13, with most programming set for Central Park, Ka Ni Kanichihk headquarters, Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre, and the Magnus Elias Recreation Centre on June 15 and 16.
