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Module 2 – Post 2 – Native Drums

The website Native Drums is a site about First Nations culture and music in Canada. While it’s focus is on the drum and indigenous music, it also includes many stories and myths about First Nations culture.  There is a wealth of information on the site from videos of drum making and performance to lesson plans on the physics of sound.  This site is funded through the Canadian Content Online Program of the Government of Canada’s Canadian Heritage Department. It was put together by a team from Carlton University, lead by Dr. Elaine Keillor who says the site was developed to allow Aboriginal music and musicians to “not have the information filtered through the eyes of teachers and academic(s) of the dominant culture within Canada.” (Carlton University, 2006)

Carlton University. (2006). Canadian Geographic Sounds the Beat of Native Drums. Retrieved from http://www.carleton.ca/fass/2006/canadian-geographic-sounds-the-beat-of-native-drums/