Relatives grateful for awards honor

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Dear Editor:

At this time, the Nicotine and Moosomin families would like to thank the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards for recognizing the late Art Moosomin for his drum song album, One More Time, and for honoring him with the best album award.

We would like thank Ted Whitecalf, manager of Sweetgrass Records, for his support in making his past albums. Also we would like to acknowledge all the singers that sang with him on the powwow trail and on the round dance circuit, both in Canada and the United States.

We would also like to thank Irene Oaks for bringing home the award for the family from the Aboriginal awards.

Art Moosomin was born and raised on Mosquito First Nation. He was brought up learning the Cree/Assiniboine cultures, and in respecting the drum. At the age of eight years old, Art began to sing, and as the years went by he started to compose his own songs. He has made a lot of friends with his singing. And he has touched hearts with his songs.

The family lost him in September 2002. He leaves behind his parents, Maxine and Paul of Red Pheasant First Nation, brothers and sisters, and his loving wife, Bella, their children, Arnold, Jeff, George, Roseanne, Suzanne, Diane, Joanne and Shelly.