Kohkom’s First Drum / nôhkom nistam omistikwaskihkoma Potawatomi the Red Road and the

the Red Road and the Holy Dance

The past for Indigenous people

William Matson has produced and directed an award-winning video

Native spiritual leader and activist

Kohkom’s First Drum / nôhkom nistam omistikwaskihkoma Potawatomi the Red Road and theThis bilingual book includes full text in both English and Plains Cree. When Charlie's Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle! Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn't understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently? Kohkom explains that