Shauit is a Canadian singer-songwriter, who blends traditional First Nations music, primarily in the Innu-aimun language, with pop-rock and reggae music.

[1] Originally from Maliotenam, Quebec, he is the son of an Acadian father and an Innu mother.

[2] He was raised francophone, and had virtually no knowledge of the Innu language until learning it as a teenager in a bid to reconnect with his indigenous heritage.

[4] He released his debut EP as a solo recording artist in 2016,[4] and followed up with his full-length debut album Apu Peikussiaku in 2017.

[5] In 2018 he won an Indigenous Music Award for Best Indigenous-Language Album,[6] and won the Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards.