Beautiful cover of Blackbird by Mi'kmaq teenager Emma Stevens
In April 2019, a video of Cape Breton Mi’kmaq teenager Emma Stevens singing “Blackbird” in Mi’kmaq went viral.
The cover of The Beatles’ classic was produced by Emma’s teacher Carter Chiasson, translated by teacher Katani Julian and her father Albert “Golydada” Julian, and recorded by Emma and fellow students at Allison Bernard Memorial High School in Eskasoni First Nation, Cape Breton.
They translated the song into Mi’kmaq to bring awareness to the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages during the UN’s International Year of Indigenous Languages, 2019.
The video took off around the world, receiving high praise from public figures, including the original songwriter, Sir Paul McCartney, as well as a tweet from the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
Ref: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/aboriginal-people-languages
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