A local Indigenous artist has gone from water protector and TIFF filmmaker, to songwriter, releasing her debut track White Pine.
From Brantford along the Grand River as a youth to a recent expedition to British Columbia, it’s been a long winding path towards a release date for Layla Staats, who is Mohawk, Turtle Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River.
CICW sat down with Staats, to discuss among other things, her journey towards dropping the track, that she says often “deeply moves” listeners.
