Geneviève McKenzie-Sioui, sometimes performing under the name Shanipiap, is an Innu musician, writer, television creator, and activist in Quebec. Born in Matimekosh in 1956, she later relocated to Wendake. She is a singer-songwriter in the Innu language,[1] and an author in both Innu and in French,[2] has been the producer/director/presenter of her own children's television program on Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and TFO,[3] and has recently been active in the Idle No More movement.[4][5]
Geneviève McKenzie-Sioui | |
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Also known as | Shanipiap |
Born | 1956 |
Genres | Innu music |
Instruments | drum |
Website | shanipiap |
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