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Drums
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Interview
Amos Key
on Language
and Culture
Amos Key
on Language
and Culture
Interview
Decontie
on Powwow
Dancing
Decontie
on Powwow
Dancing
Interview
Wawatie on
Education
and Music
Wawatie on
Education
and Music
Frame Drums with 2 snares
Tli Cho (Dogrib) Rawhide skin of caribou stretched over wooden frame, snares of babiche; four divisions at back; carefully woven centre. Hand drum used for personal ceremonies, accompanying songs for various dances including Drum, Couple, Lines, and udzi handgame Unpadded slightly curved beater of willow 23.3 cm. Purchased by Elaine Keillor in Yellowknife, 1984.
About Drums
Stories
Drum Culture
Travel the map from the Plains to the Northwest forests to discover the origins of the many different drums of the First Nations.
The Earth World
Tailfeather Woman
Crow Water
Building a Drum
Learn how to make the basic frame drum of the Aboriginal Nations.
The Creation
The Ojibwe creation story richly illustrated.
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