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Powwow playlists, curated by Fawn Wood
Powwow Playlists Curated by Fawn Wood
Fawn Wood has curated three YouTube playlists featuring performances by champion powwow drums groups from across Turtle Island. The series, presented by the sākihiwē festival and the National Music Centre, includes 30 performances in the contemporary, straight, and southern styles filmed by audience members at some of the biggest competition powwows.
Each playlist begins with a short explanation of the singing style by Wood.
Wood is an award‐winning round dance singer and champion hand drum singer from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6 territory. She is the co‐founder of the Virtual Round Dance and has released two solo albums to date.
Straight Drums – A Powwow Playlist by Fawn Wood
- Mandaree
- Young Bear ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Bullhorn Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Black Otter Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Midnite Express Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- High Noon Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Poundmaker Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Blackfoot Confederacy
- Sharpshooter ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Showtime Singers
Contemporary Drums – A Powwow Playlist by Fawn Wood
- Cree Confederation ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Young Spirit Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Bear Creek ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- The Boyz ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Walking Buffalo ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Black Bear ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Warpaint Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Blackstone Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Northern Cree ( Facebook (opens in new tab) | website (opens in new tab) | YouTube (opens in new tab) | Instagram (opens in new tab))
- Black Lodge Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
Southern Drums – A Powwow Playlist Curated by Fawn Wood
- Cozad Singers
- Southern Style
- Blazing Bear ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Thunder Hill
- Young Bird
- Bucwild
- Sizzortail
- Whitetail Boys
- Mo'Town Singers ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
- Wild Band of Comanches ( Facebook (opens in new tab))
Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM) would like to acknowledge the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Winnipeg Arts Council for their financial support of the sākihiwē festival’s outreach programming.
