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Influences
The Origin and Early History of the Dance Drum
The Vision of Tailfeather Woman
Here is the story of the beginning of the ceremonial
powwow Drum. It was the first time when the white
soldiers massacred the Indians when this Sioux woman
gave four sons of hers to fight for her people. But she lost
her four sons in this massacre and ran away after she
knew her people were losing the war. The soldiers were
after her but she ran into a lake (the location of which is
never mentioned in the "preaching" of the Drum's story).
She went in the water and hid under the lily pads. While
there, the Great Spirit came and spoke to her and told
her, "There is only one thing for you to do."
It took four days to tell her. It was windy and the wind
flipped the lily pads so she could breathe and look to see if
anyone was around. No—the sound is all that she made
out, but from it she remembered all the Great Spirit told
her. On the fourth day at noon she came out and went to
her people to see what was left from the war. (The dateof
this event is unknown.) The Great Spirit told her what to
do: "Tell your people, if there are any left (and he told
her there was), you tell your people to make a drum and
tell them what I told you." The Great Spirit taught her
also the songs she knew and she told the men folks how to
sing the songs. "It will be the only way you are going to
stop the soldiers from killing your people."
So her people did what she said, and when the soldiers
who were massacring the Indians heard the sound of the
drum, they put down their arms, stood still and stopped
the killing, and to this day white people are always wanting
to see a powwow.
This powwow drum is called in English "Sioux drum," in
Ojibwa bwaanidewe'igan. It was put here on earth before
peace terms were made with the whites. After the whites
saw what the Indians were doing and having a good
time—the Indians had no time to fight—the white man
didn't fight. After all this took place the whites made
peace terms with the Indians. So the Indians kept on the
powwow. It's because the Sioux woman lost her four sons
in the war that the Great Spirit came upon her and told
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her to make the Drum to show that the Indians had
power too, which they have but keep in secret [William
Bineshi Baker, SrJ.1
In the origin tale, the building of the Drum and dancing
effectively caused the United States soldiers to stop their slaugh65
ter of the Sioux. Still, the emphasis is primarily upon using the
Drum to end bloodshed between the Sioux and Ojibwa (cf.
Baker's version). As the Menominee tell it:
"Then, after awhile, the Great Spirit probably told [Tailfeather
Woman] to make friends with those others [of
different tribes], her fellow men, to give them that affair,
to give them that Drum. These Sioux and the Chippewa
. . . always fought with each other. Whenever they saw
each other, they would immediately fight with each other,
kill each other. That was the way they used to be."77
In the continuation of the story, the Ojibwa capture a Sioux boy
who then acts as an intermediary between the two enemies. After
the Ojibwa have prepared a large dancing area, they hear a drum
in the distance. A fog descends and they hear the Sioux singing.
When the songs stop, the fog lifts, revealing the Sioux who come
forward to shake hands with them:
"And so even to this day they are friends. There has never
been any evil between them. Everything has been [good
between them] since they gave them that Drum."78
Sounds Like
A New Era of Northern Original. Warthunder in Ponemah,mn 2008
Warthunder is singing for this fancy shawl special. ponemah pw 08
Warthunder Is a Name given by the Spirits to A young Ojibwe Man. Wakinyantazooya is how to say it in Lakota. Special thanks to Jr Garcia and The Garcia Family for Helping to get the Name.Special Thanks to The Broz who've sang with Warthunder!! Special Shout out to the Ladies of Warthunder,You girls Will always Have a Spot in my Heart! Anytime hang in and we can go places and do some Damage!! Much Love out there to Everyone out there who peeps our page and shows us love on here. Hoka,Warthunder
hey man, naw not making it over there, but you could give some to my cousin to bring back for me, he's singing with snake island, his name is elijah, he looks like me so you'll know who he is hahaha
Hey Brother, we are just chillin in California for the weekend. We had a ceremony last night. Not sure bout any Wacipi's though. If we hear we will let you know. I hope all is well on that side. we will talk soon, toksa
Thats Really good brother. I hope you guys do well and have a good time. I know how much you love and respect that drum and the songs, its good that it feels the same way about you. Keep it up, Toksa Ake
lmfao! yeah dude! you guys rock...I am like your biggest fan!I look forward to chanting with you guys at the next celebration wait dont you call them powwows or somthing like that??..lmao... naw really yallz is dope..shout out to tommy smoke dance champ...this year at skemitzun..good luck! ttyl crystal singz at da nine!lmfao!
