ᔅᑭᒋᓄᐧᐃᐦᑯᒃ
mecimiw naka askomiw
skicinuwihkuk
tan qiniw iyuwok wasis
kpomawsuwinuwok
‘tankeyutomon-oc
kihtahkomikomon.
skicinuwihkuk
always and forever
this is indian land
as long as there is a child among our people
we will protect the land
indian land
Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, and ethnomusicologist from Tobique First Nation in Eastern Canada. He gained international acclaim for his album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which earned him the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the 2019 JUNO Awards. His musical style blends the songs of his community with neoclassical, jazz, and pop influences, and has led him to collaborate with such iconic artists as Beverly Glenn Copeland and Yo-Yo Ma. Dutcher’s work has taken him to the world’s great concert halls, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and the judges' table of Canada’s Drag Race.
