Sawaenemiyah (Blessed) VIDEO - Wade Fernandez/Wiciwen Apis-Mahwaew

from Wade’s new CD Breathe & Flow Sung in the Menominee Language. A language that is endangered with less than 10 original speakers left. Wade (Wiciwen Apis-Mahwaew) is an enrolled member of the Menominee Nation, grew up on the reservation, and currently resides there with his family. The Menominee Nation are native to the territory now called Wisconsin (and it’s surrounding area) in the USA. Our ancestors date back at least 16,000 years to this place. Waewaenen to Napos for translation mesek Moshawquit for his help with the language. Please check out my website or facebook pages for more music, CDs & info: More videos of Wade Fernandez: The national award winning “Commodity Cheese Blues“ music video from the Menominee rez, now in the Menominee Language. Live on Canadian TV for Aboriginal People’s Choice Awards Jamming Live for the Native American Music Awards(NAMMYS) & later winning Male Artist of the Year Commodity Cheese Blues Still Standing Proud An uplifting song about the perseverance of the people. Offering For The People (a Native Flute & grand piano song off from my 4 The People CD jamming a Hendrix tune with Fernandez Groove @ local club Classic’s My various CDs contain Contemporary American Indian music, rock, blues, folk, instrumental, jammin’, Native Flute, etc. and I have either been nominated or won several national awards in many different genres of music, so be sure to not to lump the music into one category. :-)