Shannon Thunderbird
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Biography
She is an Elder of the Giluts'aaw tribe, Royal House of Niis'gumiik, Gispwudwada (Orca) Clan.[3] She is a medicine wheel teacher and artist/educator who communicates time-honoured indigenous knowledge in a variety of ways, workshops/seminars, drumming circles, stage shows, written word.[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Thunderbird has worked with thousands of people all over North America, Europe and Asia. In particular, she and her performance partner, Sandy Horne of the Canadian synthpop band the Spoons, have presented to over three hundred and fifty thousand students in elementary, secondary schools, universities and colleges across Canada and the United States.[5]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She is President of Teya Peya Productions, a First Nations arts/education company she founded in 1991 that includes the Thunderbird Native Theatre and Red Cedar Sisters Vocal Trio to which she is the Artistic Director.[6]
Her touring shows include "Wolf Thunder: Big Drums Are Calling!", "Turtle Thunder Sings", "Sweet Thunder Medicine Wheel", "Daughter of the Copper Shield", "Thunder Rolling in the Mountains", Thunder Wolf Songwriting, Vocals and Drumming, Spirit Thunder Drumming and vocal workshops celebrating cultural diversity and North American indigenous cultures.[6]
Thunderbird is also an advocate for Indigenous rights, pointing out the injustice and repercussions of the Indian Act.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She is also an advocate for right of Indigenous women to take part in drumming.[7]
Written works
- Truth and Timelessness: Indigenous Medicine Wheel Knowledge. 2020
- Featured Contributor: We Do It This Way, ED. Dr. April Go Forth, Thoz Womenz Inc., Alturas, California, 2014
- Featured Contributor: The Art of Living, A Practical Guide to Being Alive. ED. Claire Elizabeth Terry, Kairos, Spain, 2008.
Discography
- May Your Spirit Be Strong (2003) [8]
- Wind Centre (with Sandy Horne) (2011)
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References
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