Fawn wood biography
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Cree Literacy Network
Alberta based (Treaty 6 Territory), round dance and hand drum singer, Fawn Wood received great news in early March of her first JUNO nomination for her album Kakike (Buffalo Jump Records), in the Traditional Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year category.
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Kakike means “forever & always” and speaks to her love for her family & culture. For Fawn, being nominated in the new JUNO category means a lot, particularly as a woman who broke trail for Indigenous women within the pow wow community.
It was in 2006, Fawn made waves in NDN Country when she was honored as the first female to win the Hand Drum contest at the Gathering of Nations Pow-Wow, in New Mexico.
She says a huge inspiration for her is giving Iskwewak (women) a voice, telling stories from their point of view,”Showing the beauty and empowerment that our Indigenous females hold – that matriarch energy.”
On Kakike, Fawn weaves songs of longing, hope and the joys of