Reclaiming the ‘Contemporary’ in Indigeneity: The Musical Practices of Cris Derksen and Jeremy Dutcher

Decolonizing Desires and Unsettling Musicology: A Settler’s Personal Story of Researching and Teaching Indigenous Music at an American University

“…However, such decolonial desires are complicated by my position as a university musicology professor. Much of my current research as a musicologist is about contemporary Indigenous musicians such as Tanya Tagaq (2012;2017), A Tribe Called Red (2015,2016,2019), and Cris Derksen (2020) as Indigenous artists working within and across Euro-American popular and classical genres. I am indebted to artist, activist, and scholar David Garneau in helping me understand how settler colonialism is pervasive in academia.…”

“…More than one student declared they were eager to learn about music outside of the canon 11 Tagaq's music is used in the film. In addition, the #sealfie movement, in which Tagaq participated (Woloshyn 2017), is discussed in the film.…”