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Iroquois Water Drum
The water drum was used to keep time during songs, it was traditionally made out of birch wood. The inside of the drum is filled with water.

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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.

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Tailfeather Woman

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Building a Drum
Learn how to make the basic frame drum of the Aboriginal Nations.

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