iskwē

iskwē (short for waseskwan iskwew, meaning "blue sky woman") is an award-winning Cree Métis artist. iskwe.com iskwe.bandcamp.com

Video by The Digital Lodge, a multi-year project to train a group of youth from Thompson, Manitoba in the art of digital storytelling and the practice of digital responsibility and citizenship. www.youtube.com

Singer of Cree Métis heritage who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her name is short for waseskwan iskwew, meaning “blue sky woman”

Winnipeg-born/Ontario-based Indigenous singer-songwriter and activist of Cree, Dené and Irish heritage - with experimental vocalist and artist Tanya Tagaq, an Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. iskwe.com www.tanyatagaq.com

Visit this petition which demands that charges against incarcerated survivor Maddesyn George be dropped. A 27-year-old Native woman and mother from the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State, Maddesyn is a survivor of domestic and sexual violence. She has been jailed for more than a year for defending herself against a white man who raped her and threatened her life: www.change.org

Winnipeg-born/Ontario-based Indigenous singer-songwriter and activist of Cree, Dené and Irish heritage. iskwe.com

We are the ones, the unforgotten We're the acquaintance that the stories told you died But we are here for all tomorrow We are the keepers to forever hold up high Watch iskwē, of Cree, Dené and Irish heritage, performing this one for CBC Music's First Play Live in 2018 here: www.youtube.com

Winnipeg-bred Hamilton-based Iskwé (pronounced iss-kway) are a rare breed. Named one of the “Top 10 Artists to Watch” by CBC Music, Iskwé’s (“woman” in Cree) unmistakable sound weaves her Irish and Cree/Dené/Métis roots with poignant politically charged lyrics, dark soulful R&B rhythms, electronic flourishes, and trip-hop breakbeats.