Akua Tuta is the third album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 duo Kashtin

Kashtin

Kashtin were a Canadian folk rock duo in the 1980s and 1990s, one of the most commercially successful and famous musical groups in First Nations history....

, released in 1994.

The title track was selected by Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson, OC; is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his membership as the guitarist and primary songwriter within The Band. He was ranked 59th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...

 for inclusion on his television soundtrack Music for The Native Americans

Music for The Native Americans

Music for The Native Americans is a 1994 album by Robbie Robertson, compiling music written by Robertson and other colleagues for the television documentary film The Native Americans....

, and was also used on Due South

Due South

Due South is a Canadian crime drama series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano, and latterly Callum Keith Rennie...

in the episode "Hawk and a Handsaw".

Akua Tuta was the final album released by the band under the name Kashtin, although band members Claude McKenzie

Claude McKenzie

Claude McKenzie is a Canadian singer-songwriter. An Innu from Maliotenam, he was half of the popular folk music duo Kashtin, the most commercially successful musical group in First Nations history....

 and Florent Vollant

Florent Vollant

Florent Vollant is a Canadian singer-songwriter. An Innu from Maliotenam, Quebec, he was half of the popular folk music duo Kashtin, one of the most important musical groups in First Nations history....

 have each continued to record as solo artists.

Track listing

As with all three of the band's albums, the album cover included title translations in both English

English language

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 and French

French language

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, as well as the original titles in Innu

Innu-aimun

Innu-aimun or Montagnais is an Algonquian language spoken by over 11,000 people, called the Innu, in Labrador and Quebec in Eastern Canada...

, the band's native language.

1. "Akua Tuta" (Take Care/Fais attention)
2. "Uasset" (All the Children/Tous les enfants)
3. "Ashtam Nashue" (Come Follow Me/Viens suis-moi)
4. "Nuitsheuan" (My Friend/Mon ami)
5. "Miam Uapukun" (Like a Flower/Comme une fleur)
6. "Ne Puamun" (My Dreams/Mes rêves)
7. "Tapue Shtutune" (You Really Make Me.../Vraiment tu me fais...)
8. "Apu Shapentaman" (Without Interest/Sans interêt)
9. "Uauitemu" (Tell Me/Dis-moi)
10. "Tshekuanu Mak" (Why/Pourquoi)
11. "Utei Teu Etaian" (Here With Me/Ici avec moi)
12. "Iame" (Good Bye/Au revoir)