DELPHINE TSINAJINNIE

About the Artist

Delphine Tsinajinnie is an internationally-published recording artist and was named the Native American Music Awardee as "Debut Artist of the Year". Delphine's debut album entitled Mother's Word is heard on over 300 world music and alternative music radio programs around the world. Delphine has been singing since she was four years old. She is inspired by her study with indigenous elders via her father's research on Naabaahii Dine'é music and philosophy. As the daughter of multi-cultural educators and as a former Rock Point Community Elementary School reading and drama teacher, she supports indigenous language revitalization.

"My purpose for sharing these songs with the world is implanted in my hope for global harmony via symbiotic respect of all world cultures. Science and history have taught us that highly diverse species have a greater probability of survival. Applying this concept to the indispensable continuance of indigenous languages, songs, and philosophies requires us to create a receptive environment for enculturation to occur. May these songs catalyze the fight for human survival."

Delphine Tsinajinnie, 2000

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