Shannon Thunderbird

Biography Thunderbird was born in British Columbia. She is an Elder of the Giluts'aaw tribe, Royal House of Niis'gumiik, Gispwudwada (Orca) Clan. She is an artist and educator and a medicine wheel teacher who communicates time-honoured indigenous knowledge through workshops/seminars, drumming circles, stage shows, and the written word. Thunderbird, along with her performance partner Sandy Horne (of the Canadian synthpop band the Spoons), have performed throughout Canada, Europe, and Asia. They have also presented to over three hundred and fifty thousand students in elementary, secondary schools, universities and colleges across Canada and the United States. She is Owner, President, and Artistic Director of Teya Peya Productions, a First Nations arts/education company she founded in 1991

As of 2005, Thunderbird resides in Ontario.

Written works Truth and Timelessness: Indigenous Medicine Wheel Knowledge. 2020

As contributor Featured Contributor: We Do It This Way, ED. Dr. April Go Forth, Thoz Womenz Inc., Alturas, California, 2014

Discography May Your Spirit Be Strong (2003) Wind Centre (with Sandy Horne) (2011) Red Cedar Sisters (due out 2020)