Drum and song at ‘heartbeat’ of identity and culture for many Native Americans in Minnesota
Weekly drum and dance events allow many Native Americans to reconnect with their identity and culture, in lifelong positions often passed down in families.
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Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest mobilize to protect drumming tradition
When a small-town high school banned its Native American drum group from performing at graduation, the hurt reverberated across Indigenous communities in the Midwest. Here’s what happened next.
