Cody Angus’s love of photography and love of live music means that there are plenty of sweaty, colourful, high-energy shots on his website and social media pages.

The collective’s name means “to awaken” in the Michif language. It’s fitting, as Métis leader Louis Riel is said to have once prophesized that, “My people will sleep for 100 years, but it is the artists who will give them their spirit back”—which is what Kooshkopayiw plans to do.