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Winners included Snotty Nose Rez Kids for Rap Album of the Year and Elisapie for Adult Alternative Album of Year.
Snotty Nose Rez Kids and Elisapie among musicians honoured this past weekend
Stefan Richard · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 31, 2025 6:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
There was nary shortage of Indigenous practice astatine this year's Juno Awards; determination were 5 wins from implicit 19 nominations for Indigenous artists astatine the awards.
The 54th Juno Awards were held successful Vancouver's Rogers Arena this past weekend. Leading the complaint was Snotty Nose Rez Kids, leaving with Rap Album/EP of the Year for Red Future.
"We made this medium to adhd voices for Indigenous radical successful the future," Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce said during their acceptance speech.
"We created a imaginativeness for ourselves and wherever we tin spot ourselves successful the aboriginal and what Indigenous excellence genuinely looks like."
Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year nominee Tia Wood joined the Snotty Nose Rez Kids connected signifier for a show during Sunday's broadcast that blended the accepted and contemporary.
After Elisapie's unthinkable 2024 that included a stamp by Canada Post successful their "Indigenous Leaders" collection, her Inuktitut album brought location the grant for Adult Alternative Album of the Year.
Elisapie gave her acceptance code successful Inuktitut and English.
"I'm truthful arrogant to beryllium an Inuk woman, I'm truthful arrogant to beryllium singing successful my language," she said.
The Juno for Classical Composition of the Year went to Deantha Edmunds. The Inuk vocalist from Newfoundland and Labrador won for her piece, Angmalukisaa.
Tataskweyak Cree Nation national Sebastian Gaskin won Contemporary Indigenous Artist oregon Group of the Year for his opus Brown Man. He performed his way Medicine at Saturday night's Juno Awards gala.
It was besides a large nighttime for Quebec's Black Bear Singers, winning for Traditional Indigenous Artist oregon Group of the Year. Black Bear faced pugnacious contention successful their category, vying for the grant alongside Brianna Lizotte, Cree Confederation, Northern Cree and Young Spirit.
Métis songstress Celeigh Cardinal, with two nominations for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year and Contemporary Indigenous Artist oregon Group of the Year for Boundless Possibilities, performed Light Of The Moon during the In Memoriam information of Saturday night's gala.
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