“Anishnaabe Music: More Than Pow-wow” A musical event with Lyz Jaakola
February 25 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Join Lyz Jaakola for a live informance at the Play Circle Theater at Memorial Union!
Lyz Jaakola, Nitaa-Nagamokwe (The lady who knows how to sing) is the 2025 folk-musician-in-residence. Jaakola is a tribally enrolled Fond du Lac Ojibwe with Finnish-American heritage who will share traditional and modern Ojibwe-Anishinaabe songs and knowledge from her life-long study of Native American music, especially Anishinaabe women’s music. Using an Indigenous Informance style, weaving story, visuals and song she will be joined by her 18-year-old son to offer their 21st century American Indian perspectives.
The event is free and open to the public and will also be livestreamed. A reception will follow the in-person event.
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures and the Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest project.