Lunar Codex Indigenous Music Collection

The Lunar Codex, a special project founded by Dr. Samuel Peralta, Canadian physicist and author through Incandence Corp., is an archive of cultural works from across the globe, launched via NASA Artemis / Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) program partners, from Earth to space, the Moon, and beyond. Covering seven missions -- the Lunar Codex represents creative artists from 185 countries and territories, and 69 Indigenous nations, predominantly in visual art, but also in writing, music, and film.

The Lunar Codex Indigenous Music Collection (LCIMC) will be included in Polaris, tentatively scheduled for launch in September 2025 to the Moon's south pole. The LCIMC is being organized and administered free-of-charge with the cooperation and support of the Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) and the Estate of Norval Morrisseau (the Morrisseau Estate).

Previously, CIRNAC and the Morrisseau Estate worked with the Lunar Codex to ensure that a collection of Indigenous visual art -- representing First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples -- is included in a majority of its archive.

The Lunar Codex has requested that the Morrisseau Estate be its point of contact for the collection of the LCIMC. The Morrisseau Estate will set the schedule for submission and curation so that the collection can be submitted by early December 2024.

We invite the Canadian Indigenous community to submit their songs to this mission via our portal below.