Young Spirit are a
Cree drum group formed in
Frog Lake Frog Lake may refer to:
* Frog Lake, Alberta, a Cree community in Canada, site of the
** Frog Lake Massacre
* Frog Lake (Colchester), a lake of Colchester County, in Nova Scotia, Canada
* Frog Lake (Guysborough), a lake of Guysborough District, i ...
,
Alberta
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in 2001. The band's musical style is traditional Cree
round dancing songs, with the group of singers striking hand drums in unison. The group is known for their contemporary take on this traditional and sacred form of music which the
Plains Cree received from 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 ...
in the late 19th century. In 2018, Young Spirit received a
Grammy nomination
for their album ''Mewasinsational – Cree Round Dance Songs.''
Their album ''Angel Eagle: Cree Round Dance Songs'' was a
Juno Award nominee for
Traditional Indigenous Artist of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2022
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, March 1, 2022.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Neechmus: Cree Round Dance'' (2002)
* ''It's All About the Drum'' (2006)
* ''Save Me a Lead'' (2013)
* ''Akameyimoh Baby Boy'' (2014)
* ''Niteheochi - "From the Heart"'' (2014)
* ''Mewasinsational - Cree Round Dance Songs'' (2017)
* ''sâkītohk - "Love Each Other"'' (2017)
* ''Love, Life, Round Dance'' (2019)
* ''Angel Eagle: Cree Round Dance Songs'' (2021)
Live albums
* ''Takakikeh - Doing it Right'' (2013)
* ''Red Dress Special'' (2018)
References
First Nations musical groups
Plains Indian music
Musical groups from Alberta
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