Nova Scotia 2017

The River & the Drum
13:25 min.

In Millbrook First Nation Nova Scotia, a youth drumming group, Samqwan Boyz, share what drumming means to them. Samqwan means water in Mi’kmaq. Through conversations with Elders Doreen Bernard and Jean Martin, this community collaboration project explores the connection between drumming and water. A project of Quiver Artist Collective and Millbrook Culture & Heritage Centre, funded by Canada Council for the Arts and the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage.