The Painted Drum treaties Craig Santos Perez

Craig Santos Perez

It's an honor to teach my sons how to care for and respect all the amazing spirits of our beautiful homeland

Many Ojibway words come from the natural sounds of the living forest

Margaret Noodin

These stories — retold by Raquel Rivera based on the lives of native artists Pudlo Pudlat

The Painted Drum treaties Craig Santos PerezWhile appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined. Compelling and unforgettable, Louise