Leonard Sumner is an Anishinaabe singer-songwriter from Canada, whose music blends aspects of country, folk and hip hop music."Leonard Sumner's fusion of country and hip-hop rooted in family and community"
'' Unreserved'', March 18, 2016. He is most noted for his 2018 album ''Standing in the Light'', which received a

Juno Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

nomination for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019. A member of the

Little Saskatchewan First Nation Little Saskatchewan First Nation ( oj, Kaakiiskakamigaag) is a First Nations community in the Interlake Region of central Manitoba. Its main reserve is the Little Saskatchewan 48. It is a signatory of Treaty 2 ''Treaty 2'' was entered in to ...

in Manitoba, he has been based in Winnipeg since 2011. He released his debut album ''Rez Poetry'' in 2013, and followed up with ''Standing in the Light'' in 2018.

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Sumner is married to writer

Tasha Spillett-Sumner Tasha Spillett-Sumner (née Spillett) is a Canadian author and educator. She is best known for her young adult graphic novel series ''Surviving the City'', volume 1 of which won the Best Work in an Alternative Format at the 2019 Indigenous Voic ...

. She gave birth to their daughter, Isabella, in March 2020.

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* Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian folk singer-songwriters Canadian country singer-songwriters Anishinaabe people First Nations musicians Musicians from Manitoba Living people 21st-century Canadian male singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-singer-stub