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Ôskimac​î​tahowin: A New Beginning

by Northern Cree

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ᐯᑑᑌᐠ ᐅᑕ ᐯᑑᑌᐠ ᑭᔭᐋᐧᐤ ᑲᒨᐦᒋᑭᑖᓈᓇᐤ petôtek ota petôtek kîyawâw kamôhcikitânânaw Come here Come here all of you We will have a great time
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ᐹᐧᑎᓯᒧᐦᐠ ᐹᐸᐁᐧᐠ ᐊᒋᒧᑖᑫᐧ pwâtisimohk pâpawek âcimotâkwe Dance the powwow dance Get low Tell your story
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Perseverance 02:20
ᐋᐦᑲᒣᔨᒧᐤ ᓂᑐᑌᒼ. ᑭᑕᐦᑕᒦᐦᐃᓇᐣ ᑳᓃᒦᑐᔨᐣ. ᒦᔪ ᓈᐯᐃᐧᐤ ᐊᐊᐧ ᐊᐦᐊᐤ ᒦᐊᐧᓯᐣ âhkameyimow nitotem kitahtamîhinan kânîmîtoyin mîyo nâpewiw awa ahâw mîwasin Give great effort my relative We thank you for dancing for us He is a good man Yes indeed it is good
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ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐ ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐ ᓵᓱᐦᑫᓯᒧᐤ ᓵᓯᐯᐧᐦᐆᐱᑫᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐆᓂᒥᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ nîmîhito nîmîhito sâsohkesimow sâsipwehôpikek ekwa ônimihitowiniwak Dance Dance Dance hard All start hopping now Dancers
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ᓂᑲᐄᓇᐣ ᐄᐧᒋᐦᐃᓇᐣ ᒦᓇ ᑲᓈᐁᐧᔨᒥᓇᐣ ᑲᑮᓯᑲᐠ ᑭᑕᐋᐧᓯᒥᓴᐠ ᓈᐯᐋᐠ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑲᐦᑮᔭᐤ ᑯᑕᑲᐠ ᐋᔨᓯᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐅᑕ ᐋᐢᑭᐦᐠ ᑭᑖᐦᑕᒦᐦᐃᓇᐣ nikawînan wîcihinan mîna kanâweminan kakîsikak kitawâsimisak nâpewak, iskwewak ekwa kahkîyaw kotakak âyisiniwak ota âskihk kitâhtamîhinan Mother Earth help us And take care of us during the day Your children, men and women And all other people on earth We give you thanks
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ᑭᑖᑲᐦᑭᓇᑯᑕᐣ ᐆᒪ ᓂᒦᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᒪᒦᒌᐦᐃᔨᐣ ᑲᓂᑲᒨᐢᑖᒪᑕᐣ ᒫᓇ kitâkahkinakotan ôma nimîhitowin emamîcîhiyin kanikamôstâmatan mâna You make this dance look good You make me very proud When I sing for you
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Mîyo Iskwew 02:34
ᓂᐋᐧᐸᒪᐤ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ ᐁᓃᒦᐦᐊᐟ ᒦᑲᐧᓇ ᐁᒦᔪ niwâpamaw iskwew enîmîhat mîkwana emîyo I see a woman dancing with a feather She looks really good
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ᒪᒦᔪᓈᑲᐧᐣ ᐆᒪ ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ mamîyonakwan ôma nîmîhitowin This dance really looks wonderful
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ᐁᓇᓂᒦᐦᐄᑐ ᐁᓇᓂᒦᐦᐄᔭ ᐊᐊᐧ ᐁᓇᒋ ᐅᓯᐦᑫ ᐁᓈᓇᐊᐧᑭᓯᒧ ᐁᓈᓇᐊᐧᑭᓯᒧ enanimîhito enanimîhîya awa enaci osihke enânawakisimo enânawakisimo They are dancing We are making them dance He is sneaking up He is bending, getting low and dancing
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ᓂᐋᐧᐸᑌᓇᐣ ᐁᓂᒦᐦᐄᑐᐢᑕᒨᐃᐧᔨᐣ ᐅᑕ ᒥᐢᑎᑲᐧᐢᑮᐦᐠ ᓈᓇᐢᑯᒧᓇᐣ ᓈᓇᐢᑯᒧᓇᐣ niwâpatenan enîmîtostamôwiyin ota mistîkwaskîhk nânaskomonan nânaskomonan We see you are dancing For me on the drum We give thanks We give thanks
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ᓂᑑᑕᒧᐦᐠ ᓂᑑᑕᒧᐦᐠ ᓇᒨᔭ ᓇᓂᑕᐤ ᐯᔭᑲᐧᐣ ᔨᑕᑲᐧᐣ ᐆᒪ ᐋᓯᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᑲᐃᐧᓇᐤ ᐋᐢᑭᐦᐠ nitôtamohk nitohtamohk namôya nanitaw peyakwan yitakwan ôma âsikecikewin kikawinaw âskihk Listen, Listen You cannot find this sacred dance Anywhere else on earth
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Stop Sign 02:09
ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐ ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐ ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐ ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐ ᑳᐦᑭᔭᐤ ᓂᒦᐦᐄᑐᐦᐠ ᓭᐁᐧᔭᑲᓇᐠ ᓭᐁᐧᓯᒧᐦᐠ ᓭᐁᐧᔭᑲᓇᐠ ᓭᐁᐧᓯᒧᐦᐠ ᑳᑭᔭᐤ ᓃᒦᐦᐃᑐᐦᐠ ᐲᔭᐦᑎᐠ nîmîhito nîmîhito nîmîhito nîmîhito kâhkiyaw nîmîhitohk seweyakanak sewesimohk seweyakanak sewesimohk kâhkiyaw nîmîhitohk pîyatik Dance, Dance Dance, Dance All of you dance Shake your bells Shake your bells All of you dance Be careful

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Northern Cree is a nine-time Grammy nominated pow wow and round dance group from Treaty 6 territory in Canada. Even though the group has released more than 50 albums over their 40 year history, Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning is the first album that they own (both master and publishing).

Produced by The Halluci Nation (Bear Witness, 2oolman) and recorded at the National Music Centre.

We acknowledge the Canada Council for the Arts for their support of Northern Cree’s Ôskimacîtahowin: A New Beginning album.

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released October 20, 2022

Label: Northern Cree
Distribution: Self released
Producers: The Halluci Nation (Bear Witness, 2oolman)
Recording Engineer: Graham Lessard
Assistant Engineer: Eric Cinnamon
Mixing: Graham Lessard and Eric Cinnamon
Mastering: Ryan Morey
Recorded at: The National Music Centre
Album art: Thred Design
Photographs: sweetmoon photography

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Northern Cree Maskwacis, Alberta

"It’s been both a pleasure and an honour to represent First Nations people with our traditional music at some of the biggest powwows and on some of the biggest stages that the music industry has to offer. We are both honoured and privileged. Ahkameyimohk!” - Steve Wood, co-founder ... more

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