Miranda Currie wants Indigenous kids to see themselves represented authentically in media.
The writer, musician, filmmaker and educator who lives in Yellowknife, is Mushkegowuk and a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba. She has published several children's books, released two children's albums and has more than a decade of experience as an outdoor educator focused on experiential and Indigenous learning."When kids see themselves in media, they're like 'oh we are valuable, we are worthy.
The award ceremony and showcase held in Yellowknife last Saturday was organized by Music NWT, a non-profit association dedicated to fostering music and the music industry in the territory. While Currie has lived in Yellowknife for the past 13 years, she was born and raised in Thunder Bay. She has long had a love of music and began playing violin when she was six and grew up with fiddle music.
She said she is also working on several film projects and is headed to Calgary next month to attend an artist-entrepreneur program with Canada's Music Incubator."I think a thing that a lot of artists struggle with is not the creative side, but more the business side of things."
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