Sounds of Awareness: Music and Poetry From Across Native America is a program honoring Women's History Month with music and spoken word. First Nations writer, scholar and spoken word artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg) performs her works with the musical accompaniment of Nick Ferrio on guitar, lap steel guitar and vocals; Anishinaabe singer-songwriter Ansley Simpson on guitar and vocals; and Cris Derksen on cello and vocals. Leanne and her band perform pieces from her latest album, f(l)ight. This is the first of two performances given on March 4, 2017 in the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian.
