Willie Thrasher

In Aklavik, he attended the Immaculate Conception and Grollier Hall Residential Schools until he was sixteen.,[3] where he learned to play drums on a kit in the gym.

[5] After this change in style, Thrasher joined popular artists such as Buffy Sainte-Marie and Willie Dunn (Mi'kmaq descent) in exploring Indigenous topics in the mid-1970s, and speaking out on political issues.

[8] In 1998, Thrasher performed as part of a revival of traditional potlach ceremonies organised by Commissioner of the Yukon Judy Gingell in Whitehorse.

[9] His songs "Spirit Child", "Old Man Carver" and "We Got to Take You Higher" are featured on the 2014 compilation album Native North America, Vol.

[10] As a result of the revived publicity from the Native North America compilation, Thrasher has undertaken more extensive touring, including festival dates in Austin, Texas and the Northwest Territories,[1] and his 1981 album Spirit Child was reissued in October 2015 on Light in the Attic Records.