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The keeper of the drum

By Mark Blackburn
Aug 03, 2011

Unlike mainstream society where men held the dominant power, First Nation women were seen as having the power in Aboriginal societies.

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Unlike mainstream society where men held the dominant power, First Nation women were seen as having the power in Aboriginal societies.

Dana Foster sat down with an elder at a recent Grand Rapids pow wow for a history lesson.

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