The Painted Drum standing rock angry and funny

angry and funny

and a keen eye for small town and reservation life

traditional elders agree that our Ojibwe language

and ravishing world of myth

From the internationally acclaimed Inuit throat singer who has dazzled and enthralled the world with music it had never heard before

The Painted Drum standing rock angry and funnyWhile 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