Cree-Dene composer/performing artist Sherryl Sewepagaham conducts the massed choirs of the Kokopelli Choir Association as they perform Waniska (Sherryl Sewepagaham & Chris Andrew). With special guests the amiskwaciy Academy Singers. Cello: Nicholas Yee. Piano: Tyson Kerr. See translated lyrics, below.

Recorded at Stories, March 8, 2020, Winspear Centre, Edmonton. For more information on the Kokopelli Choir Association, visit [ Ссылка ].

Waniska (Woodland Cree - Y Dialect)
Translation by William & Emily Sewepagaham
Waniska aski pimatsêmakan — “Wake up, the land/earth is alive"
Mêwêhtêtan oma oski kêsikaw — "Let’s be happy [with] this new day"
Pemohtêtan ksastênohk — "Let’s walk together in the sun”

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