Part of the Community Music in Canada research project, this micro-documentary features the project Naskwahamâtowin, or Let’s All Share in the Music project in central Alberta, Canada. The project was led by Kehewin Native Dance Theatre in collaboration with the Canadian NGO Make Music Matter, and was made possible through a grant by Bell Let’s Talk with support from the National Music Centre in Calgary. This music creation project combined Make Music Matter’s Healing in Harmony therapy model with Indigenous music, languages, and culture to help address the mental health crisis in the community and other effects of intergenerational trauma. In this documentary, project leaders describe impacts of colonization, the uses of music in healing, and the imperative for culturally-informed, geographically specific practices that centre children and relationships.
Videography by Samantha Tai, Amelia Basdeo Willie, and Deanna Yerichuk
Video editing by Deanna Yerichuk
Additional editing by Samantha Tai
Videography equipment provided by Commons Studio at Kitchener Public Library.
Featuring:
Rosa John, Melvin John, Tony Duncan, Jody John, and youth from the Nikamo Collective
"Naskwahamâtowin, Let’s All Share in the Music Project" was a collaboration between:
Kehewin Native Dance Theatre www.kehewinnat...
Make Music Matter makemusicmatte...
The project was made possible through a grant by Bell Let’s Talk, and supported by the National Music Centre in Calgary: www.studiobell.ca
This micro-documentary is part of the research project Community Music in Canada. Led by Dr. Deanna Yerichuk (Wilfrid Laurier University), the research uses video to explore community-engaged music projects and artists working in culturally diverse contexts across Canada.
Deanna Yerichuk, Principal Investigator
Samantha Tai, Technical Director and Graduate Research Assistant
Amelia Basdeo Willie, Research Assistant
Andy Drummond, Research Assistant
Community Music in Canada is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Micro-documentaries of all projects are available through the Participatory Creative Music Hub, a project led by the Canadian New Music Network (CNMN). For more information, and to view more videos of this kind and their transcriptions, see (www.newmusicne....
The Participatory Creative Music Hub and CNMN are supported by funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the SOCAN Foundation.
Featured music in the documentary is from the 2023 EP Moments by the Nikamo Collective, published by A4A Music, used with permission, all rights reserved. Nikamo (‘Sing’ in Cree) is an artist collective of Indigenous youth from Kehewin Cree Nation, Goodfish Lake, Onion Lake, Cold Lake, and Saddle Lake in central Alberta, Canada. They were brought together through the Naskwahamâtowin Healing in Harmony project and have transformed into empowered and fearless artists. Inspired by their own stories, their families, and community Elders, Nikamo are helping to keep their Indigenous culture alive. Stream the album here: lnk.to/MMMPMom...
Official music video for Mistatim: • Nikamo - Mistatim (Off...
Shot on location in Kehewin Cree Nation, Alberta, Canada.
2 окт 2024
