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.
aboriginal music manitoba (amm) is excited to announce the full details for the 2018 edition of the sākihiwē festival (formerly known as aboriginal music week), set for june 15 - 17 in winnipeg, manitoba, canada.
the sākihiwē festival is partnering with jazz winnipeg to present iskwé on june 16 and sebastien gaskin on june 17 at old market square in winnipeg's historic exchange district. the concerts are a part of jazz winnipeg's opening weekend and aboriginal music manitoba (amm) is using the performances to challenge stereotypes about indigenous music, events, and people.
aboriginal music manitoba (amm) is excited to introduce the sākihiwē festival (formerly aboriginal music week)- a three day music festival featuring performances by 20 indigenous artists on five stages in winnipeg during the third weekend in june.
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Nathaniel Sinclair from Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, loves singing round dance and pow wow music. At 2-years-old he learnt how to...