Cheyenne Rain LeGrande

Nehiyaw Isko Iskotew ᐃᐢᑯᑌᐤ

Mihkwaw astaw wiyaw
Wiyaw nistotam

Mihkwaw ekwa Mihkwaw ekwa Mihkwaw ekwa Mihkwaw
Isko wiyaw mihkwayek kayasih mihkwaw Mihkawa wisakitowin Moya miywasin mihkwaw Mihkawa taskoc mihko Mihkawa kanawimkon
Nikawiwa nikamostamakot ekwa waskowiwak

Wiyaw nistotam nikawiwawa ohkamwina
Ekwa waskonew
Mihcit waskowiwak cipayak

Asinowak, kayas, wisakitamowin, mihko, kanawimkon

Ekwi ponahk mihko wiya Ekwi ponahk pakotokosiwin Ekwi ponahk

Mikwac kaki pikskwatam
Mamaskatam ehimihkowitat wapskayek
Waskowew ita katwayek
Mamaskatam aywac ekwa aywac wapskayek
Moya iki ehew Mihkwew Nontinkew

Mahtonapi pahkihtina Aski pahkihtinah Mahtonapi pakitinah Kikway ospayek Kikway waskopayek
Kaskitew weyawemakan ohtonihk

Akam ehew waskowo omamawa ehwin Omamwa weyawew potatam ehwin Wapskak mihkwaw mihcapayo wiyaw Askiy pahkitin
Kota nakatam sipwimohtew

 

Bio
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande is a Nehiyaw Isko artist. Nanâskotam wikih the territories of the Musquem, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Cheyenne is a part of the Skwachays Lodge artist residency program and has recently graduated from Emily Carr University with her BFA in Visual Arts. She has received the BMO 1st Art Regional Prize and the Moment Factory Award for her piece Nehiyaw Isko. Her work often explores the interconnection between history and the body. She works interdisciplinary; moving through instillation, video, sound, and performance art.