NORTHERN CREE
2019 Honolulu Intertribal Powwow presents NORTHERN CREE!!!
In 1982 the Northern Cree Singers were founded by Steve Wood and his brothers Randy and Earl Wood. The group originates from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation but is made up of members from the Treaty 6 area, most notably the Frog Lake Cree Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Samson Cree nation, Louis Bull Cree Nation and the Poundmaker Cree Nation.
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Northern Cree currently has 37 albums out on the market that are distributed world-wide by their record label, Canyon Records out of Phoenix Arizona. They have garnered multi-Grammy nominations, multi-Juno nominations and have been awarded multi-Native American Music Awards and Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. They have won numerous powwow singing competitions as well. Northern Cree is the only traditional Canadian Aboriginal group to have evern been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Award. They have also created music for, and appeared in, the majormotion picture "Grey Owl" which was produced and directed by the great Lord Richard Attenborough.
Northern Cree singers are role models for all First Nations people and live by their founders motto: "If you believe in yourself, who you are, where you come from, your culture and more importantly your language, it will take you to places you have never dreamed of".
In 1982 the Northern Cree Singers were founded by Steve Wood and his brothers Randy and Earl Wood. The group originates from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation but is made up of members from the Treaty 6 area, most notably the Frog Lake Cree Nation, Onion Lake Cree Nation, Samson Cree nation, Louis Bull Cree Nation and the Poundmaker Cree Nation.
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Northern Cree currently has 37 albums out on the market that are distributed world-wide by their record label, Canyon Records out of Phoenix Arizona. They have garnered multi-Grammy nominations, multi-Juno nominations and have been awarded multi-Native American Music Awards and Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. They have won numerous powwow singing competitions as well. Northern Cree is the only traditional Canadian Aboriginal group to have evern been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Award. They have also created music for, and appeared in, the majormotion picture "Grey Owl" which was produced and directed by the great Lord Richard Attenborough.
Northern Cree singers are role models for all First Nations people and live by their founders motto: "If you believe in yourself, who you are, where you come from, your culture and more importantly your language, it will take you to places you have never dreamed of".