‚So much‘ music potential, pushing boundaries

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The Grand Canyon has inspired creativity for generations. Musicians know this well through the Grand Canyon Music Festival. Since 1983, the festival has had a unique relationship with nearby tribes.

The Native American Composers Apprenticeship Program brings Native youth together with professional classical musicians and composers. Michael Begay was an apprentice, and now he’s a teacher.

If you travel near the Santa Monica mountains, you most likely will see letters that stand 45-feet-tall proclaiming the area, “Indian Land.”

It’s a not so subtle reference to the famous “Hollywood” sign that’s closer to Los Angeles.

Nicholas Galanin created the art installation he calls, “Never Forget.” It’s one of 13 pieces of art from various artists for the Desert X 2021 exhibition.

But as Sandra Hale Schulman reports, Galanin is taking his art one step further.

Several Native groups have taken a stand against oil pipelines and now the state of Michigan is being joined with 12 tribes in taking a stand against one pipeline that’s nearly 70 years old.

Mary Annette Pember is a national correspondent for Indian Country Today and her story, “Enbridge pipeline showdown looms in Michigan” focuses on the plans to run the line 5 tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.