Indigenous leaders happy to welcome the JUNOs to Edmonton – Windspeaker.com
November 14th, 2022
Indigenous community leaders were part of the JUNO Awards announcement at Rogers Place in Edmonton Nov. 14, happy to welcome Canada’s noteworthy music makers to Treaty 6 territory when the awards will be held there in March 2023.
“I’m honoured to officially welcome the 52nd JUNO Awards to Treaty 6 territory, the traditional land of our people,” said Treaty 6 Grand Chief George Arcand.
“Music is something that connects us all. Throughout time past, present and future.”
“I think, as part of reconciliation, there’s always been a hidden concern about the continuation of bolstering our ability to have song and to be able to really celebrate some of our ceremonies through different ways of practising singing and using the drum. I think the JUNOs give us an opportunity to showcase some of that and to not feel that there’s a stigma that we cannot operate and do these things in an open fashion,” Arcand said.
