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Curtis Peeteetuce
Curtis Peeteetuce is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist from the Beardy's & Okemasis Cree Nation. Since 2001, he has had the honour of working with many talented people in theatre, radio drama, music and film. He is a storyteller, actor, writer, director, dancer, musician and playwright for the popular rez Christmas story series and his published plays include nicimos, kihew and Popcorn Elder (nominated for 2 Saskatchewan arts awards). Curtis has also served as an MC, cultural arts consultant and advocate for mental health and suicide awareness. Today he works within the education system as a student support worker. He dedicates all his accomplishments to his son Mahihkan.
Artist Works Today Curtis has returned to working in education full-time as a student support worker. His involvement in the arts is primarily as a playwright. During the pandemic lockdown, Curtis explored new forms of writing, including science fiction in the form of two works that were produced. Remnance was produced as a radio drama by Burnt Thicket Theatre as part of the We Treaty People series. You can find Remnance on YouTube on the Burnt Thicket Theatre channel.
The second of two works is a dystopian short, titled exempt. In an alternate matriarchal world where multiple births are the norm, a woman named Taryn searches for her sister. Having no support or success, Taryn finds herself out of options and takes a youth hostage. The short play was produced as a radio drama by Native Earth Performing Arts as part of their Weesageechak Festival of New Words.
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Kam Miller
Kam Miller is a 17-year-old high school student trying to make a name for herself in the acting community in Saskatoon. Kam is learning about theatre and is ready to jump in and make a name for herself. Kam has been in two productions - the Circle of Voices program at the GTNT and the Burnt Thicket Theater radio play. She has done a lot of work with her school's plays.
The COV (Circle of Voices) program was her first step into the theatre world. The play, You Didn’t Hear This from Me was directed by Ezra Forest. Kam played the lead role Jordan. The character was a young high school student with an interesting past. The project lasted six months. After two months, the place and people started to feel like home, and Kam remained good friends with most of her co-stars and crew after the show.
The Burnt Thicket Theater was Kam's first radio play. Though in a filler role, Kam played a server at a coffee shop in the play - Coffee Talk.
“… look forward to her growth and development of her artistic forms of expression.” – Curtis Peeteetuce
I am honoured to take part in the 75th nomination of SK artists. My nomination is for youth Metis artist Kam Miller. I have known Kam for approximately 3 1/2 years. I met her in 2019 at the Core Neighbourhood Youth Coop. At the time, the Saskatchewan and History Folklore Society had hosted a summer storytelling program for youth. Kam was one of the participants in that program. She demonstrated an interest and understanding of the arts beyond two years in a row, Kam furthered her passion by joining the 2022 Circle of Voices program where she landed one of the principal roles in the production titled You Didn’t Hear It from Me. Today Kam continues to be involved in various artistic projects. I am excited for her journey and look forward to her growth and development of her artistic forms of expression