New album blends traditional powwow drum and blues music

Blue Moon Marquee and Northern Cree have collaborated on a new album. They say the musical genres work together because they ...
WGRZ

Native American Drums: The heartbeat of Mother Earth | Race and Culture

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — November is Native American Heritage Month. It's a time to recognize the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous people. In Native American culture, drums are used to ...
Yale Environment 360

Blue Feather: Sharing contemporary Native culture through performance

As a freshman, Reed Bobroff ’16 went through a period of adjustment at Yale when he felt pretty homesick for his family and friends back home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He thought he might find ...
The Spokesman-Review

Native Americans, far from their tribes, build community around a drum

When Nick Courtney came to D.C. seven years ago to work on education issues, he missed his Native American tribe in Washington state. Longing to connect with other Native Americans in the region, the ...
Daily Astorian

Drums, songs and community: Astoria marks fifth annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Dozens gathered at downtown rally to honor Native heritage and connection The drumbeats rolled like distant thunder across ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest mobilize to protect drumming tradition

HINCKLEY, Minn. — At summertime social powwows and spiritual ceremonies throughout the Upper Midwest, Native Americans are gathering around singers seated at big, resonant drums to dance, celebrate ...
The Dartmouth

Drums ring out at midnight for Indigenous People’s Week

The Oct. 13 drumming circle is held at midnight so that Indigenous peoples’ voices are the first ones heard on Indigenous ...
inforum

Native drum groups keep the beat at Fargo Marathon

FARGO -- A trio of Native American drum groups helped runners keep the beat Saturday along the route of the Scheels Fargo Marathon. The drummers included a boys group, Knife River, from New Town on ...
AOL

He hand-paints drums for Tacoma’s tribal graduates. ‘They feel pride being Native’

Tala Brown smiles while accepting the drum adorned with two hand-painted eagle feathers. It’s Tuesday, May 21, and the 18-year-old is one of dozens of students being celebrated at the Indian Education ...
Daily Press

Native drum group to perform to honor female eagle killed Tuesday

On Sunday, May 1, the Native American Drum Group “Four Rivers Drum” plays drum songs in tribute to the female eagle that was killed last Tuesday after colliding with a plane at Norfolk International ...