Watch Scott George and the Osage Singers performing live at Hollywood's biggest night during the 96th Academy Awards this Sunday on ABC

Marking a three-time Academy Awards' first for Scott George, 

Robbie Robertson & Lily Gladstone

The Academy Awards’ Events Department proudly confirmed with the Native American Music Association today that Scott George and the Osage Tribal Singers are still set to take the stage and perform live at the Oscars this Sunday March 10th. They will perform the song “Wahzhazhe  (A Song For My People)” nominated for Best Original Song.

Scott George is the first member of the Osage Nation to be nominated for an Academy Award for his music and lyrics of “Wahzhazhe,” which is featured in the closing scene of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” This will also be the first time a North American Indigenous music performance will be featured on the Oscars. Jimmy Kimmel will host the 2024 Oscars for the fourth time, which will be broadcast live on ABC and ABC.com. This year, the awards show will start at 4 p.m. PT/ 7 p.m. ET, an earlier start time than previous years, with pre-show and red carpet coverage beginning at 3:30 p.m. PT/6:30 p.m. ET

Scott George, who has been singing for over 40 years, explained the meaning of his song, “Wahzhazhe”, “The words are fairly simple, and a lot of our songs are like that. This one is just telling you to “stand up,” and “God made it for us.” But in reality, my thoughts behind it are we’ve gone through all this, and this is showing what we’ve gone through, this movie—what our people went through, and still go through today, in some form or another. If it wasn’t for God, Wakanda, we wouldn’t be here. So, I’m asking our people to stand up, basically, and be proud of the fact that God created a way for us. So that’s the thought behind it.” 

The late Robbie Robertson is also posthumously the first Cayuga and first Mohawk to be nominated this year for an Academy Award for Best Original Score in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”  Lily Gladstone of Piegan Blackfeet & Nez Perce heritage becomes the first Native American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for her role in “Killers of the Flower Moon.” 

In 2019, at the 92nd Academy Awards, Wes Studi, Cherokee, became the first and only Native American Indigenous person to be awarded an Honorary Award.

Originally thought to have been the first Indigenous person to win an Academy Award  for “Up Where We Belong” which is shared with Jack Nitzsche and Will Jennings, Buffy Sainte Marie’s title is still under review based on allegations made by CBC.

For more World Indigenous people who have won or been nominated for Academy Awards please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indigenous_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees

Music Submissions are Now Open for the 2024 Native American Music Awards. To register and submit your music, please visit us at https://www.nativeamericanmusicawards.com/submit-your-music

Tune into ABC to watch the Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 10th at a new time, 7e/4p! 

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