Fawn Wood has curated three playlists on YouTube with performances by champion powwow drums groups from across Turtle Island for us. 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.
Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM), producer of the sākihiwē festival, is asking for Indigenous painters in Canada who work in portraiture to submit samples of their work for a new project that will pay tribute to four Residential School Survivors who live in Manitoba.
William Prince will pay tribute to his late father Edward in the season finale of Honour Song. Presented by the sākihiwē festival and the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom, the hour-long conversation will broadcast for free on the sākihiwē festival's YouTube and Facebook channels on December 1 at 7:00 p.m. GMT / 1:00 p.m. CST.
Aboriginal Music Manitoba (AMM) wants to hear from Indigenous artists who haven't performed at the sākihiwē festival and acts who want to update us on their recent accomplishments. Submissions and updates for the 2021 edition of the sākihiwē festival are now being accepted.
Throat-singing duo PIQSIQ will pay tribute to the esteemed Susan Aglukark in the second episode of Honour Song. Presented by the sākihiwē festival and the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom, the hour-long exchange will broadcast for free on sākihiwē festival's YouTube and Facebook channels on November 3 at 7:00 p.m. GMT / 1:00 p.m. CDT.
The sākihiwē festival is partnering with the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom to launch a new series of hour-long tributes to Indigenous trailblazers in music. Each episode will broadcast for free on YouTube and Facebook and cross-cultural electro-pop singer iskwē, throat singing duo PIQSIQ, trilingual Inuk chanteuse Eilsapie, and country/folk singer-songwriter William Prince are on board to honour members of the Indigenous music vanguard.
We're partnering with the Wall-to-Wall, Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art Gallery, and the Winning Art Gallery to launch and celebrate a collaborative music and art video – kindred.
The sākihiwē festival is partnering with the Winnipeg Folk Festival, the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM), the West End Cultural Centre, and Central Neighbourhoods Winnipeg to launch a new miniseries, entitled Common Ground.
The sākihiwē festival's workshops will continue into August with more free performances and fun activities for families and fans of live music. The series will stream on the festival's YouTube channel and Facebook page every Wednesday, beginning on August 5.