Honoring Indigenous ways of Being & Knowing: Five Akwasasne Mohawk Artist-in-Residence. Presented with funding from the SLU’s Arts Collaborative.
Reception will begin before the performance from 5:00 to 5:30 p.m. outside PK Hall.
Bear Fox always heard melodies come to her, but she didn’t realize her gift of songwriting until she was 23. “This is when I began writing songs for our traditional women's group, Kontiwennenhawi, which means carriers of the words.”
“The first songs I wrote were in the Mohawk language. I did not start writing English songsuntil 2001. The very first song to become popular was Rich Girl. It’s a story about my life growing up in Akwesasne, Mohawk territory, growing up in a family rich with love.” Although Bear Fox’s parents spoke the language, she did not grow up fluent. “I know our native language needs to carry on. So I feel that by putting the language into the songs, I’m helping to do that.”
Free, open to the public with livestreaming. Watch the livestream.