Burnstick is a Canadian folk music group, consisting of married couple Jason Burnstick and Nadia Gaudet. They are most noted for their albums ''Dream Big, Little One / Fais de beaux rêves, petit ange'' (2015), for which they received a

Canadian Folk Music Award The Canadian Folk Music Awards are an annual music awards ceremony presenting awards in a variety of categories for achievements in both traditional and contemporary folk music, and other roots music genres, by Canadian musicians. The awards progr ...

nomination for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year at the

12th Canadian Folk Music Awards The 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Toronto, Ontario on December 3, 2016.

in 2016, and ''Kîyânaw'' (2019), for which they were nominated for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year at the

16th Canadian Folk Music Awards The 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented on April 9 and 10, 2021, to honour achievements in folk music by Canadian artists in 2020.Plains Cree Plains Cree may refer to: * Plains Cree language * Plains Cree people Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically liv ...

nation, while Gaudet is of Franco-Manitoban and

Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...

heritage, and the duo perform music in the English, French and Cree languages. Prior to launching the duo, Jason Burnstick was active as a solo artist, and received a

Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

nomination for Aboriginal Recording of the Year at the

Juno Awards of 2007 The Juno Awards of 2007 were hosted in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on the weekend ending 1 April 2007. These ceremonies honoured music industry achievements in Canada during most of 2006. The event was well known for a possible tape delay by t ...

."Event shines spotlight on Native Juno nominees". ''

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'', March 22, 2007.

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* Canadian folk music groups First Nations musical groups Musical groups from Winnipeg Canadian Folk Music Award winners {{Canada-band-stub