Hard to believe it’s August already – but we’ve still got a few good weeks of festival and powwow season! Here’s our live music picks for this weekend. …read more »
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Live Indigenous Music Picks: August 5-8, 2011

Hard to believe it’s August already – but we’ve still got a few good weeks of festival and powwow season! Here’s our live music picks for this weekend. …read more »
This week #PowwowWednesday takes a look at the Grass Dance. Largely considered intertribal, the Grass Dance is one of the most competitive forms of dancing found at powwows today. But like many other dances, it has disputed origins. …read more »
There’s a lot of Indigenous music happening this weekend, from night clubs to open fields! Here’s our pick of events. …read more »
#PowwowWednesday! The 32nd Annual Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow took place this past weekend in Ohsweken with over 200 dancers from Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and the U.S. …read more »
From coast to coast, festival stage to powwow trail, here’s a handful not-to-miss Indigenous gigs this weekend: …read more »
#PowwowWednesday is here again! I said it last week, but I truly am grateful to everyone who captures so beautifully the images and video out on the powwow trail each week. It’s one of my favourite parts of Monday to catch up on all the recaps, recollections and sharing from powwows nationwide. …read more »
It’s #PowwowWednesday! And to quote kahsennanoron, “holy people & technology are fast”. The day after the 2011 Kahnawake Powwow took place in Kahnawake, Quebec, hundreds of photos and, so far, over twenty videos have popped up online. …read more »
This past weekend marked the 24th year of the Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow. It was 30 years before that when the annual event had been forced into oblivion as the nation’s children were sent to residential schools and the elders passed away. …read more »
As we head into the heart of the summer music season, there are plenty of Indian gatherings, powwows, and Indigenous musical performances taking place across Turtle Island. …read more »
The Ottawa-based Indigenous DJ collective A Tribe Called Red has been creating an eclectic sound incorporating a wide variety of musical styles ranging from hip-hop, dancehall, electronica and dubstep, to their own mash-ups of club and Pow Wow music since 2008. …read more »