Innu Nikamu, “one of the largest indigenous music festivals on the continent,” opens today and will run until August 4 in Mani-Utenam, on the North Shore. The death of Philippe McKenzie, co-founder of the festival and a major figure in indigenous music, will strongly color this 40e edition. “Even Claude Dubois will dedicate one of the songs in his show to him,” assured Normand Junior Thirnish-Pilot, the director and coordinator of the event, in an interview with Duty.