2019 Native American Music Awards Winner - “Best Hip Hop Video”
— James “Just jamez” Pakootas —
is A wordsmith; a modern-day story weaver.
#focus
““First Peoples Fund is foundational in me thinking of myself as an artist. To say I’m an artist, to feel good about the word as it leaves my mouth, is empowering.””
““Over the past two years, James attended First Peoples Fund’s NAPD training on the Colville Indian Reservation, then helped pilot the performing arts version of the NAPD curriculum before becoming a certified FPF trainer in October 2018. With his 2019 ‘Artist in Business Leadership’ fellowship, he partnered with an audio engineer to launch a studio in Spokane. He’s reaching out to troubled youth and to those well on the path to living their dreams.””
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““From being incarcerated in federal prison to taking center stage at the Native American Music Awards, James Pakootas of the Colville Confederated Tribes embodies the power of the human spirit.””
