Press Release
May 24, 2024
National Indigenous History Month recognizes the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples across Canada. SaskMusic will acknowledge this month in various ways.
SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY EVENTS
We are pleased to support National Indigenous History Month events taking place in Saskatchewan this June, including:
Additional events taking place include:
nistam athisthiniwak osihchikīwiniwāwa
First Peoples Creating
1. FEATURED PLAYLIST
Our new playlist of recent releases will be up soon, celebrating Indigenous music artists with ties to Saskatchewan.
You can submit for inclusion here.
Links to the playlists will be added soon.
2. FEATURED TRACKS
Watch our socials for featured tracks by Indigenous artists throughout the month! If you are an artist who has a recent or upcoming single or music video to promote, please let us know via this form.
Questions? Contact SaskMusic by email or call toll-free in Sask, 1-800-347-0676.
We are grateful to Knowledge-Keeper and educator Eleanor Hegland from Lac La Ronge for suggesting words from the Cree language with which to describe our artistic focus this month. nistam athisthiniwak osihchikīwiniwāwa (First Peoples Creating) will showcase creators from many styles of music.
We recognize there are many distinct and beautiful Indigenous languages spoken in Canada, many of which are endangered. “The Cree language has the largest speaker population of all of Canada’s First Nations languages with an estimated 75,000 speakers, including dialect groups ranging from Quebec to northeastern British Columbia and into the Northwest Territories. Approximately 20,000 of these speakers live in Saskatchewan, where Cree ranks second only to English as the most commonly spoken language of the home – Cree bands making up over half of the province’s seventy-four First Nations.” – Indigenous Saskatchewan Encyclopedia
Our nistam athisthiniwak osihchikīwiniwāwa graphics have been created by Gabrielle Giroux, Encore Graphics.
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