ALUMNI

203

Showcasing Artists & Groups

5K+

Attendees

15

Countries/Regions

3

In-Person Standalone Summits

The International Indigenous Music Summit is built by the artists who gather here and the communities they represent. Every performer, speaker, delegate and knowledge keeper brings unique perspectives, stories and traditions that shape the spirit of the Summit.

Our alumni are the heart of this growing global community, creating lasting relationships, inspiring new collaborations and strengthening Indigenous music communities around the world.

OUR ARTISTS

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  • Man wearing glasses and dark clothing playing a violin against a black background.

    Alex Kusturok

    Red River Mètis

  • A person wearing a large headdress with antlers against a black background.

    Anachnid

    Oji-Cree, Mi'kmaq

  • A man standing outdoors in a snowy winter landscape, wearing glasses, a black beanie, and a dark jacket, with snowflakes falling around him and trees blurred in the background.

    ASKO

    Nêhiyaw

  • A group of seven diverse people standing outdoors at night, with two bright lights shining behind them, on a grassy area with a wooden fence in the background.

    Banda La Tribu

    Gunayala

  • A male performer with long hair, wearing a black cap, yellow jacket, black T-shirt with a graphic design, and a colorful necklace, holding a microphone and performing on stage with purple and orange stage lights.

    Big Tones

    Saulteaux/Cree

  • Close-up of a woman with tribal-inspired makeup and hair accessories, wearing a layered necklace and decorated in earthy tones and feathers.

    Bumpy

    Noongar

  • A black-and-white portrait of a woman with braided hair, wearing large earrings, and a sleeveless top with cutout details.

    Carmen Lienqueo

    Mapuche

  • Group of people, including performers and audience members, gathered outdoors at a live music event or festival, with some raising their hands and smiling.

    Chuskupura

    Kichwa Otavalo and Kichwa Puruhá

  • Performer plays an acoustic guitar on stage at an outdoor concert, singing passionately with eyes closed and hand raised.

    Colelo

    Mapuche

  • Three people posing against a dark background. The woman in the center has dark hair, wears a red bandana, and has a tattoo on her upper arm. The man on the left has a beard and wears a brown hat, while the man on the right has glasses, a grey beard, and a beige hat.

    Diyet & The Love Soldiers

    Southern Tutchone and Tlingit, Kluane First Nation

  • A woman lying in a field of dry grass, holding and looking at a bundle of sage with incense smoke rising nearby. She is wearing a black outfit with gold embroidery and jewelry, with dark wavy hair and earrings.

    Eadsé

    Wendat, Huron-Wendat Nation

  • A woman with long dark hair and wearing a white dress and gloves poses with her hands near her face against a plain white background.

    Edzi'u

    Tahltan, Tlingit

  • A person playing an electric guitar with a woman standing behind them, in a dimly lit setting with a brick wall in the background.

    Electric Religious

    Métis

  • A man in a red shirt holding a microphone, appears to be on stage, with red and orange lighting creating a dramatic atmosphere.

    FLEWNT

    Noongar Wongi

  • Man with long hair and beard wearing a beanie, playing guitar on rocky shore near a lake with mountains and cloudy sky in the background.

    G̱a̱mksimoon

    Gitga'at First Nation

  • A person singing or performing on stage with closed eyes, holding a tambourine, in front of a backdrop with the words 'OPENING' and an Apple logo, at an event or concert.

    Gerard & Nimkii

    Anishinaabe

  • Goldsmith Baynes

    Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tai

  • A woman with long braided hair wearing a black tank top and large transparent shell earrings, touching her chin with her hand against a yellow background.

    Hayley Wallis

    Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation

  • A young girl with curly hair smiling and holding a microphone, with a man behind her taking a selfie during a performance or event. The background is blue with stage lighting.

    Inkabee

    Noongar Wongi

  • Woman with long dark wavy hair sitting in front of green background, wearing a white embroidered jacket, red pants, and white boots, posing with a serious expression.

    Jade Turner

    Misipawistik Cree Nation

  • Close-up portrait of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a white top, looking slightly to the side with a soft expression, against a plain gray background.

    Jessa Sky

    Cree, Treaty 6

  • A young man with a beard, wearing a red bandana, patterned shirt, shorts, and sneakers, sitting on concrete stairs next to a wall and holding a black mask.

    Johnathan Morin (ON)

    Nehiyaw

  • A man in a black jacket and pants standing on snow-covered ground with a vast icy landscape and blue sky with clouds in the background.

    Juurini

    Inuk

  • A man wearing glasses and a cap is playing an electric guitar and singing passionately outdoors, with blurred cars and greenery in the background.

    KaKaow

    Mohawk

  • A female DJ with headphones singing or enjoying music at a mixing console, decorated with stickers, inside a room with a plain wall and a window.

    The Kaptain

    Inuk/Anishinaabe

  • A woman with curly dark hair and tattoos on her arms, wearing a red floral strapless dress and a necklace of large seashells, standing in front of a neutral gray background. She has a floral headpiece made of large pink flowers and gazes directly at the camera.

    Kee'ahn

    Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Zenadh Kes/Torres Strait Islander

  • A close-up portrait of a middle-aged man wearing a plaid shirt, with his hand partially covering his mouth, against a black background.

    Kutcha Edwards

    Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta, Nari Nari

  • A woman with curly red hair looking over her shoulder against a black background, illuminated by red light.

    KWIAT

    Métis

  • A woman in a beige blazer and black boots standing in shallow water on a beach during a stormy sunset, with dark clouds in the sky.

    Lady Shaka

    Samoan, Tokelauan, Mā'ohi, Māori, and Cape Verdean

  • Young man with braided hair, wearing a black jacket, resting his face on his hand against a plain blue background.

    Mattmac

    Oji-Cree, Garden Hill First Nation

  • A man with dark hair and beard wearing sunglasses and a black hoodie stands against a gradient red background.

    Matty Galaxy

    Métis

  • A group of seven diverse people outdoors on a sandy sports field with a chain-link fence and trees in the background. Some are kneeling and others standing, with a few holding musical instruments and one person making a thumbs-up gesture. The group appears happy and relaxed.

    The Melawmen Collective

    Secwepemc/Nuu-Chah-Nulth

  • A young man with long dreadlocks wearing a cap, sunglasses, and a light-colored jacket, looking down against a dark background.

    MELODOWNZ

    Māori/Samoan

  • A young man with long brown hair, a mustache, and earrings in a natural outdoor setting with tall green grass and trees in the background.

    Mitchell Makoons

    Métis

  • A woman with curly hair and glasses playing an acoustic guitar on stage, smiling, with a microphone nearby and a dark background.

    Nancy Bates

    Barkindji

  • Close-up of a woman with long dark hair partially illuminated in red light, wearing multiple layered gold necklaces, a black leather jacket, and a polka dot top, against a dark background.

    Natasha Fisher

    Anishinaabe/Ojibwe, Long Lake #58 First Nation

  • Group of indigenous people standing outdoors in a field with hills and cloudy sky in the background. They are wearing traditional clothes and accessories.

    Northern Cree

    Saddle Lake Cree Nation

  • A man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a dark suit, looking seriously at the camera against a dark background.

    PAKO

    Atikamekw

  • A woman dressed in traditional, colorful, embroidered clothing with geometric patterns and pom-pom accessories.

    Sara Curruchich

    Maya Kaqchikel

  • A woman with long brown hair, light skin, and green eyes, wearing a nose ring and black lace clothing, poses against a black background.

    Soleil Launière

    Innu

  • Woman with long brown hair wearing a colorful dress with white, black, yellow, and orange hues and large beaded earrings, standing against a light-colored wall.

    Tanya Tagaq

    Inuk

  • A woman dressed in a shiny, sequined outfit with pink boots, posed with a commanding gaze looking up at the camera against a plain background.

    Te KuraHuia

    Māori-Pasifika

  • A group of five musicians dressed in traditional Mexican attire, including white shirts, embroidered blouses, and black hats, holding various instruments such as guitars, a violin, an accordion, and a flute, seated indoors against a brick wall with a window and hanging light fixtures.

    YARINA

    Kichwa-Otavalo

  • Adrian Sutherland

    Mushkegowuk Cree
    Attawapiskat First Nation

  • Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers

    Mi’kmaq
    Millbrook First Nation

  • Anahi Rayen Mariluán

    Mapuche

  • Bria Rose N' Thorns

  • Brothers Wilde

    Anishinababe, Chippewas of Kettle & Stoney Point First Nation

  • Burnstick

    Plains Cree, Alexander First Nation/Métis

  • Celeigh Cardinal

    Celeigh Cardinal

    Métis

  • Cris Derksen

    Cree, North Tallcree First Nation

  • DEM MOB

  • Ellescriv

    Salteau First Nations

  • Evan Redsky

    Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, Mississuaga #8 First Nation

  • Ila Barker

    Anishinaabe

  • Jessie Lloyd

  • Joel Maripil

    Mapuche

  • Jordyn with a Why

    Māori: Tainui Āwhiro of Whāingaroa; also Samoan from Mulifanua Lalovi, Falelatai and Vaimoso

  • Josh Q

    Inuk

  • Kaeley Jade

    Mètis

  • Kyle McKearney

    Mètis

  • Layla Staats

    Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River

  • Leonard Sumner

    Leonard Sumner

    Anishinaabe, Little Saskatchewan First Nation

  • Logan Staats

    Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River

  • Mamarudegyal MTHC

    Blackfoot, Siksika Nation

  • Manitou Mkwa Singers

    Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

  • Maten

    Innu

  • Matiu

    Innu

  • Maxida Märak

    Sámi

  • Miesha & The Spanks

    Secwépemc

  • Miss Kaninna

    Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon & Yirendali

  • MOHI

    Ngāpuhi and Te Arawa

  • OMBIIGIZI

    Anishinaabe

  • Rei

    Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Pākehā

  • Sechile Sedare

    Dene

  • Semiah

    Six Nations

  • Siibii

    Cree, Cree Nation of Mistissini

  • Silla and Rise

  • Snotty Nose Rez Kids

    Haisla Nation, Kitamaat Village

  • Soju Gang

    Gunai/Kurnai, Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri, Wamba Wamba

  • Swizl Jager

    Ngāi Te Rangi and Te Rarawa

  • The Red River Ramblers

    Red River Métis

  • Tinge

    Anishinaabe

  • XOCÔ

  • Amanda Rheaume

    Red River Métis

  • Andrina Turenne

    Red River Métis

  • Aysanabee

    Oji-Cree, Sucker Clan, Sandy Lake First Nation

  • Beatrice Deer Band

    Inuk/Mohawk

  • Beny Esguerra

  • Caley Watts

  • Chelazon Leroux

    Buffalo River Dene Nation

  • Classic Roots

    Oijibwe and Blackfoot, Long Lake #58 First Nation

  • Curtis Clear Sky and the Constellationz

    Blackfoot and Anishinaabe

  • Digging Roots

    Anishinaabe and Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk)/Anishinaabe, Batchewana First Nation

  • Drezus

    Plains Cree, Muskowekwan First Nation and Cote First Nation

  • DRMNGNOW

    Yorta Yorta and Kaieltheban

  • Garret T. Willie

    Kwakwaka’wakw

  • Huia

  • IA

  • Islena Antumalen

    Mapuche-Williche/Huilliche

  • Lacey Hill

    Kanien’kehá:ka/Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River

  • Nimkii and the Niniis

  • Nimkish

    Kwakwaka'wakw, Cree, Opaskwayak Cree Nation

  • Olivia Komahcheet

    Comanche and Otoe-Missouria

  • Phyllis Sinclair

    Cree

  • Quanah Style

    Cree

  • Quique Escamilla

  • Sebastian Gaskin

    Cree, Tataskweyak Cree Nation

  • Shauit

    Innu

  • Sihasin

    Diné, Navajo Nation

  • Thea Hopkins

    Aquinnah Wampanoag

  • Tia Wood

    Plains Cree, Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Coast Salish

  • Wolf Castle

    Mi'kmaq, Pabineau First Nation

  • Zoey Roy

    Nêhiyaw-Denesuline Métis; Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation

  • G.R. Gritt

    Anishinaabe and Métis

  • Hasaatuk

    Nuu-chah-nulth, Ahousaht

  • Jay Gilday

    Dene

  • Julian Taylor

    Mohawk

  • Kanen

    Innu, Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam

  • Morgan Toney

    Mi'kmaq

  • Nimkii

    Odawa and Potawatomi; Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory,

  • Shawnee Kish

    Mohawk

  • The North Sound

    Blackfoot, Cree

  • Aasiva

    Inuk

  • Alice Skye

    Wergaia and Wemba Webma

  • Bebe Buckskin

    Cree and Métis

  • Cary Morin

    Assiniboine

  • Darryl Buck

    Opaskwayak Cree Nation and Mosakahikan Cree Nation

  • Desiree Dorion

    Opaskwayak Cree Nation

  • Digawolf

  • Elexa Dawson

    Citizen Potawatomi Nation

  • Elisapie

    Inuk

  • Emily Wurramara

    Warnindhilyagwa

  • Gabriel Ayala

    Pascua Yaqui Tribe

  • Grayhawk Perkins

    Choctaw and Houma

  • Hope

    Leq’á:mel First Nation

  • Josh Halverson

    Mdewakantonwan Dakota/Sioux

  • Kalyn Fay

    Cherokee Nation

  • Kim Moberg

    Tlingit

  • Kristi Lane Sinclair

    Haida and Cree

  • Kym Gouchie

    Cree and Secwépemc, Saik'uz First Nation

  • Leela Gilday

    Dene

  • Ms.Pan!k

    Haida

  • Murray Porter

    Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River

  • Nancy Mike (Of the Jerry Cans)

    Inuk

  • New Traditions Music

  • Raye Zaragoza

  • Rellik

    Cree, Norway House Cree Nation

  • Sandy Scofield

    Cree, Métis and Saulteaux

  • Sierra Noble

    Red River Métis

  • Sihasin

    Diné, Navajo Nation

  • Sister Says

    Haida, Tsimshian

  • Songs In The Round

  • The Johnnys

  • Vassvik

    Sámi

  • Alash Ensemble

  • Emily Wurramara

    Warnindhilyagwa

  • Glenn Skuthorpe + Homelands Tour

    Kukatj and Ghungalu

  • Jah'kota

  • Josh Halverson

    Mdewakantonwan Dakota/Sioux

  • Kalyn Fay

  • Laura Niquay

    Atikamekw, Atikamekw Nation of Wemotaci

  • Māmā Mihirangi & The Māreikura

    Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa

  • Mickie Free

    Cherokee and Comanche

  • Mikhail Laxton

    Algonquin

  • Mission Songs Project

    Multi-Nation Collective

  • Nick Sherman

    Anishinaabe, Sandy Lake First Nation

  • Sara Ajnnak

    Sámi

  • Shellie Morris

    Wardaman and Yanyuwa

  • Susan Aglukark

    Inuk

  • Tom Wilson

    Mohawk

  • Tracy Bone

    Cree, Keeseekoowenin Ojibway First Nation

  • Twin Flames

    Jaaji: Inuk and Mohawk;Chelsey June: Métis

  • Esther Pennell

    NunatuKavut Inuk