July 19, 2024
Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin’s music flies in the face of Western tropes that insist Indigenous cultures are monolithic, trapped in time. Highlighting centuries of clever adaptation and resistance in her own community, Obomsawin points toward abundant horizons for Indigenous peoples.
Mali Obomsawin is co-presented with the Center for Indigenous Studies at Bard.
From the Artist
“Telling Indigenous stories through the language of jazz is not a new phenomenon. My people have had to innovate endlessly to get our stories heard—learning to express ourselves in French, English, Abenaki, but sometimes words fail us, and we must use sound.”—Mali Obomsawin