By The Gog

Saskatchewan Music

Jason Chamakese Up Next at The Gog

Oct 28, 2019 | 10:41 AM

The Gog is proud to present Jason Chamakese November 16th with MC for the evening: RayFox.

See Video and Poster below.

Jason Chamakese is from the Pelican Lake First Nation. He is from the Plains Cree Nation and is a speaker of the Plains Cree language.

In 1998, he began playing traditional flute music. What began as a pastime led him to start composing his own music and he released an album of flute music entitled “Midnight at Clearwater, Native American Flute Songs, volume 1” in 2007.

Later, he released the self-titled album “Jason Chamakese, Native American Flute Songs, volume 2” in 2010.

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He is a multi-nominated artist and had nominations for Best Flute player at the Native American Music Awards, Canadian Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards, and Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2011.

He is the winner of the Best Traditional Flute CD category at the 2011 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. In 2010, he had the honour of performing at the 4 Host Nations Pavilion and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. He has traveled throughout North America sharing his music and stories and travelled to Scotland in 2013 for the Scottish International Storytelling Festival.

In May of 2015, he suffered a stroke and was in an induced coma for 9 days, placed on life support and given a 30% chance to live.

Doctors notified his family that if he was to survive, he would suffer debilitating effects and require constant medical care. However, his recovery has been miraculous. Moreover, he kept his ability to play Native American Flute. His story is inspirational.

He wishes to encourage First Nations youth to learn their respective languages and follow their culture as best as they can to also to embrace a positive alcohol and drug free lifestyle. He also wants to encourage them to pursuing their interests in sports, art, education and culture as an alternative to drugs and alcohol.

To non-First Nations youth, he passes on a message of mutual respect and would like to foster understanding among all people. He shares his own personal story and it is truly inspiring. Recently, he was part of a history making national broadcast of an NHL game on APTN, where the Cree Language was utilized for the first time and he sat as a panelist and special guest.

He now is enjoying the release of his 3rd recording of solo flute music entitled: “Nisto, Three: Native American Flute Songs, volume 3.”