Winnipeg Free Press By: Alan Small | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 Save to Read Later
Dig into the life of Curtis Jonnie, the man behind Shingoose, the singer and songwriter, and you’ll discover the fascinating journey of a person who bristled at discrimination against Indigenous people and spent his life doing something about it.
Dig into the life of Curtis Jonnie, the man behind Shingoose, the singer and songwriter, and you’ll discover the fascinating journey of a person who bristled at discrimination against Indigenous people and spent his life doing something about it.
In a way, Jonnie’s life, from his childhood at Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation until his final days, symbolized what previous generations of Indigenous people in Canada faced and what they confront today.
WINNIPEG A folk singer from Manitoba considered one of the pioneers of Indigenous music has died from COVID-19. Shingoose, born Curtis Jonnie, passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 74 on Jan. 12, according to his daughter, Nahanni Shingoose. He was a resident of the Southeast Personal Care Home in Winnipeg. “His impact and his legacy is incredible,” Nahanni said from her home in Ontario on Wednesday. “I’ve been honoured with so many great stories and gifts from people, the stories that they had to share about his legacy.” Shingoose, an Ojibwa from the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in Manitoba, was a survivor of the Sixties Scoop, being adopted at the age of four. He was sent to a boarding school in Nebraska at the age of 15, and began singing in the choir there. “It’s one of fortunately/unfortunately moments where music came into his life, but I think that, through his experiences, he was able to harness somewhere, through his spirit, that feelin
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 8:48 PM CT | Last Updated: January 13
Curtis (Shingoose) Jonnie was a legendary musician, his friend and publicist Carolyn Sabourin said. He s pictured here performing at a Winnipeg Folk Festival workshop in 2016.(David Quiring/Winnipeg Folk Festival)
Longtime folk musician and activist Curtis (Shingoose) Jonnie died Tuesday morning at the age of 74 after testing positive for COVID-19, his daughter says.
Shingoose, who is Ojibway from Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation, had been living at the Southeast Personal Care Home in Winnipeg for the last decade, Nahanni Shingoose said from her home in Hamilton, Ont.
Her siblings all live in Ontario, and when her father s health began to deteriorate on Sunday, she said one of the most difficult things was being so far away.
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Public Health officials are asking Manitobans to continue to make short-term sacrifices to create long-term COVID-19 success.
Public health officials advise five additional deaths in people with COVID-19 have been reported today including:
a male in his 50s from the Northern health region;
a male in his 80s from Prairie Mountain Health region and linked to the outbreak at the McCreary/Alonsa Health Centre;
a male in his 70s from the Winnipeg health region and linked to the outbreak at the Southeast Personal Care Home;
a male in his 80s from the Winnipeg health region; and
Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 13
The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
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Workers are seen wearing face masks Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)