ASWM Conference May 5-6, Syracuse NY
Songs Shared at our 2023 ASWM Awards Luncheon
 Theresa Bear Fox, a Native American singer-songwriter from the Mohawk Nation, grew up on the Akwesasne reservation, located in upstate New York and Canada. Theresa (“Bear”) has been writing and producing her songs and making singing appearances with women’ singing groups, both locally and internationally. Her travels have taken her to California, New Paltz, New York City, Newtown and the Six Nations Territories.
When Bear gets an idea for a song, she is usually near water like a river or stream. Water has so much power and as she sits by it, a melody will come to mind and she isn’t able to do anything else until she writes those words to that tune. “Many of my songs are medicine, and when I sing, sometimes it’s with other women in various communities,” said Bear. “I feel that women have to deal with so much in life, we carry a very heavy load all the time. My hope is that the songs give them strength and use the music to help them heal.”
Our gratitude to the Worldwide Indigenous Sciences Network for the grant support for Theresa’s appearance at the Awards Luncheon.