Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Spectra Creative Agency values the importance of promoting visibility to underrepresented composers to broaden narrative horizons and multicultural authenticity within the film and television industry. We’re proud to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by showcasing and celebrating our client Geneviève Gros-Louis (Huron-Wendat), who is paving a path for more Indigenous representation in the music community.
Geneviève’s recent work includes the feature documentary A Savage Art: The Life of & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant, the short films Guardian of the Land and Courage, and the hit series from National Geographic Life Below Zero and Life Below Zero: First Alaskans. In addition to her scoring career, Geneviève is a classically-trained violinist and has performed around the world. She frequently performs at pow-wows and other Indigenous celebrations all over, from Santa Fe to her home of Wendake.
To learn more about the Huron-Wendat Nation, click here.
About Indigenous Peoples Day
The second Monday in October is Indigenous People’s Day. The date, which had formerly been named after Christopher Columbus, was marked as a federal recognition of the contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples and their inherent sovereignty, in a 2021 proclamation made by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Indigenous People’s Day was first proposed by Indigenous people at a 1977 United Nations conference to counteract anti-Indigenous discrimination, as well as the inaccurate narrative that Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, which had been inhabited for millennia by over 600 Indigenous nations.
Here are links to read more about Indigenous Peoples’ Day:
University of Pennsylvania - “The Significance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day”
The NY Times - “What Is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and How Is It Celebrated?”
