Tipatchimun (meaning "Legend") is an

Innu The Innu / Ilnu ("man", "person") or Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh ("people"), formerly called Montagnais from the French colonial period (French for "mountain people", English pronunciation: ), are the Indigenous inhabitants of territory in the n ...

rock band from the

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province of

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

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. The band sings rock songs in the Innu language."Labrador and Aboriginal Music"
''Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador'', 2001, Jamie Fitzpatrick

Band members

David Penashue David Penashue is an Innu rock singer and songwriter from the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is the founder of the group Tipatchimun Tipatchimun (meaning "Legend") is an Innu rock band from the Atlantic province of Newf ...

on vocals/acoustic guitar *Melvin Penashue on vocals/keyboard *Jerome Pone on bass *Gregory Mark on vocals/guitar

Discography

*2000 - ''Pishum'' *2004 - ''Tshenut''

References

External links

Profile on Atlantic Seabreeze

Musical groups with year of establishment missing Musical groups from Newfoundland and Labrador First Nations musical groups Canadian rock music groups {{Canada-band-stub