I saw nêhiyawak for the first time during Break Out West last month and was blown away!

They just released a new song on Friday (Nov 16) that coincided with the day Louis Riel was hanged in 1885 after confederation.
The band “has chosen important dates in the creation of the sovereign nation referred to as Canada to release music from the starlight collection (the new EP - due out Nov 27). These dates were also important to the fragmentation of indigenous nationhood of which the effects are still felt today.”

The title track is below, and of it, lead vocalist Kris Harper says this:
“starlight shines a torch into the shadows of colonial ideologies. What is erasure? How is it manifest in society? What are the depths man will go to to hush the perspective of others? When tools of erasure are put to use on aspects of particular cultures, they are also applied to society as a whole. What are the symptoms and affects of these attempts at extinguishing culture? Recognition of the forms and techniques that impact indigenous, POC, LGBTQ, and our mothers, sisters, and daughters assist in the reformation and reparations sought by survivors in our day. The education of this is nêhiyawak's endurance on starlight.”…

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