Northern Cree and Tia Wood

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Join us for an intergenerational night of Indigenous excellence from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta to conclude the 2025 ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) festival and celebrate the introduction of the Chan Centre’s Made in Canada series. Legendary powwow and round dance drum group Northern Cree make their Chan Centre debut in a powerful double bill with rising star Tia Wood. Northern Cree are renowned as one of the best, most prolific, and beloved acts in modern powwow music. The group have won two Juno awards, have been nominated for nine Grammy Awards, and appeared on the Grammy-winning album Gathering of the Nations Pow Wow 1999. Founded by brothers Steve, Randy, Charlie and Earl Wood in Maskwacis, Alberta, Northern Cree have been singing together more than four decades. They have recorded 50 albums, appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, and made history in 2017 when they became the first powwow group to perform at the Grammys. For this special double bill, Tia Wood makes her return to the Chan Centre with a special kinship connection– her father, Earl Wood, is one Northern Cree’s founders. Hailing from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Tia Wood is a born entertainer. She began singing as soon as she could talk, with her dual Plains Cree and Coast Salish heritage providing inspiration and community. While her father co-founded Northern Cree, her mother was also a singer in an all-women’s drum group, Fraser Valley, and her sister, Fawn Wood, is also a Juno-winning singer of traditional and contemporary songs. Tia Wood first gained an enormous audience on social media where she saw an incredible response for her unique sound. She was nominated for her first Juno in 2025 for her debut EP, Pretty Red Bird; released only months before. She is one of the first Indigenous female artists signed to Sony Music. Her very first single “Dirt Roads” has become a community anthem and has been climbing the charts, with over 3 million combined streams in less than a year. Tia is excited and honoured to return to ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) at the Chan Centre with her band and horn section; singing new songs from her latest EP.

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Northern Cree and Tia Wood

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