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Digging Roots won contemporary Indigenous artist or group of the year at the 2023 Juno Opening Night Awards with their album Zhawenim – unconditional love in Anishinaabemowin.

In just a few short days, winners across the 47 categories at the annual Juno Awards will be announced at the ceremony held at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.

Courtesy Michael Montour In the mid-2000s, when the most interesting thing on most cell phones was the game “Snake,” there was a heavy metal show nearly every weekend around Kahnawake.

As a young boy, acclaimed musician Tom Wilson would only ever hear about Kahnawake around the kitchen table when adults – who later turned out to be close relatives – visited his parents Bunny and George in Hamilton, Ontario.

                                          COURTESY DIANE MONTOUR Although he resided far from Kahnawake, Matthew Montour lived and breathed his people and culture, until his recent passing from COVID-19.

The 30th edition of the First People’s Festival recorded all three online concerts at Cabaret le Lion d’Or in mid-September (COURTESY IXION COMMUNICATIONS)

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(Courtesy Gabriel Berberian) Bernardin Houle, choir director and organist for the St. Francis Xavier Mission Catholic Church, and a prominent figure in Kahnawake, passed away last Wednesday, June 3.