By Rick St. Germaine
Mille Lacs, Minnesota (NFIC)
It’s generally known among Minnesota and Wisconsin tribal communities that the ceremonial drum society is a significant religious practice of the Ojibwe, Menominee, and Potowatomi tribes. Little, however, is known about this by the Dakota people in South Dakota who first brought the ceremonial drum to the Ojibwe nearly 132 years ago.
Mille Lacs, Minnesota (NFIC)
It’s generally known among Minnesota and Wisconsin tribal communities that the ceremonial drum society is a significant religious practice of the Ojibwe, Menominee, and Potowatomi tribes. Little, however, is known about this by the Dakota people in South Dakota who first brought the ceremonial drum to the Ojibwe nearly 132 years ago.