Local drum group Grammy-nominated (10 a.m. update)

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BEAR CREEK

************************* Bear Creek, an Ojibwe drum group based out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, has been nominated for the Best Native American Music Album in the American Roots Genre at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.

The Bear Creek Singers include Michael Tegosh, Joe Syrette, Justin Perrault, Kevin Syrette, Nicholas Hewson, Andrew Nahwegahbow, Robert Essex, John Syrette, Mike Willis, Nitanis Kit Landry, Gabe Gaudet, Elijah Stevens, Dan Isaac, Dan Jackson, Nathan Isaac and Wayne Silas.

The title of the album, available through Canyon Records, is XI.

The album was recorded live at the San Manuel Powwow in California in October of 2009.

Bear Creek’s membership includes singers from the Batchewana, Garden River, Aundeck Omni Kaning, Aamjiwnaang, Moose Cree, Serpent River and Whitefish Lake First Nations in Ontario and the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan

Best Native American Music Album nominations

XI - Bear Creek

Temptations: Cree Round Dance Songs - Northern Cree

Woodnotes Wyld: Historic Flute Sounds From The Dr. Richard

W. Payne Collection - Peter Phippen

2010 Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow: A Spirit's Dance - (Various Artists)

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