Nodin Outten-Joseph, a graduate from Kapapamahchakwew Wandering Spirit School, was selected as one of the two National winners of the Your Voice is Power competition for his work on coding to make music. Nodin was recently recognized in the House of Commons by his MP Julie Dabrusin, as well as in the Senate by Senator Marilou McPhedran.
He stated that his work “Represents the need for the voices of Black and Indigenous Peoples to be listened to by those in positions of privilege and power”.
About his experience, he said, “As I crafted the elements of my song I learned that in the act of responsibly interweaving Indigenous language into music, the music itself becomes a vehicle for activism and an intrinsic creator of equity”.
He said that his music includes a profound power found in diversity, as well as a desire for the destruction of colonial structures and world views. This is a destruction that does not end in death, but in rebirth.
Pictured below: On left, Nodin Outten-Joseph and his brother Nyame with Senator McPhedran and other competition winners.
