Jamie Fox is a
Native American musician of the
Assiniboine
The Assiniboine or Assiniboin people ( when singular, Assiniboines / Assiniboins when plural; Ojibwe: ''Asiniibwaan'', "stone Sioux"; also in plural Assiniboine or Assiniboin), also known as the Hohe and known by the endonym Nakota (or Nakod ...
and
Gros Ventre
The Gros Ventre ( , ; meaning "big belly"), also known as the Aaniiih, A'aninin, Haaninin, Atsina, and White Clay, are a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe located in north central Montana. Today the Gros Ventre people are ...
people, who is a well-known performer of the
Métis fiddle tradition of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
.
Jamie Fox is a member of the Fox family of fiddlers from the
Fort Belknap reservation. She has performed widely in the United States and Europe, where she has collaborated with her husband, Kristian Bugge, a Danish traditional fiddler, and also with old-time fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld.
Fox studied with Montana fiddler Marvin "Fatty" Morin and learned his bowing technique.
References
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Living people
21st-century Native Americans
21st-century violinists
American fiddlers
Assiniboine people
Gros Ventre people
Native American musicians
North American folk music
People from Montana
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Fort Belknap Indian Reservation