HOVIA EDWARDS

About the Artist

The daughter of Herman Edwards and Nancy Nacki, Hovia (which means "music" in Shoshone and is pronounced "hoo-vee-ya") is a member of the Shoshone Bannock tribe of Fort Hall, Idaho. Her parental heritage is of the Okanogan-Similkameen band of Keremeos, British Columbia and maternal is of the Shoshone of Fort Hall and the Navajo of Red Mesa, Arizona.

Hovia began playing the Native American flute under the encouragement of her father who is a flute maker and performer. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada and represented the Goshute tribe of Utah as a flute player in the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She appeared on a PBS special about young artists and also provided music for the PBS mystery movie, "Skinwalkers". Hovia has served a s a keynote speaker and performer at the Idaho Peace Conference and various youth, domestic violence, and substance abuse prevention conferences.

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