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Newsroom
News and
developments
on this site
News and
developments
on this site
Site Design
Design and
technology by
Sumner Group
Design and
technology by
Sumner Group
Site Content
Content by
Carleton
University
Content by
Carleton
University
About Fonts
Browser
and Font
Issues
Browser
and Font
Issues
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 drum, side view
Frame drum, double membranophone - Side view
Ojibwe, Used in Akwesahne ceremony Scraped rawhide used for heads but haired skin covers wooden frame and provides the lacings Purchased 1995 near Cape Croker Reserve, Bruce Peninsula, by Elaine Keillor Circular beater, wound with tanned leather at beating end 48 cm long. Made by Rohahes Iain Phillips.
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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