Preserving Traditional Drum Teachings
Antuane Lucero
Jemez Pueblo
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In this passage “sharing one skin,” it talks a lot about how native communities have beliefs of how many things are run in the native side, one of these is the Four capacities of self, they are physical self, emotional self, the thinking-in-tellectual self, and spiritual self, it explains how all these four selves make up a person by being important when we go through different things in our lives. It also talked about the roles our leaders take in communities by helping their people with the problems they are facing throughout the community and with that role it takes a lot because you put others needs before your family.
In this article “Pueblo Ancestors Return Home” it talked about the war chief of Jemez pueblo bringing his ancestors home from being taken from their home. He described himself feeling very emotional seeing the 2,067 people who were all taken away, he also said that he was filled with lots of joy because he was bringing them all home to have a proper burial and when they did come home to pecos the clouds and rain came over the mountain and it showed that their spirits made it home, it brought much joy for the people of the Jemez community.
TARPY, CLIFF. "Pueblo Ancestors Return Home." National Geographic, vol. 198, no. 5, Nov. 2000, p. 118. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A68999039/MSIC?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=d5dcfb0c. Accessed 8 Oct. 2021.
The article “Hispanic American History: Pueblo Civilization” talks about the natives who lived in new mexico, when spaniards came in 1540 they counted as much as sixty six different pueblo communities in the state, many communities shifted from hunter and gatherers to farming so they didn't have to always rely on animals although it was a great source of food, all native communities made many different traditional art to express themselves and also to help them in practicing their traditional ceremonies and dances, the article also talked about where and why the people lived where they did such as on top of mesas with their structures made of adobe and bricks, making it good to withstand the enemies arrows or other weapons.
"Hispanic American History: Pueblo Civilization." UXL Multicultural: A Comprehensive Resource on African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native North Americans, UXL, 2003. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2107200383/MSIC?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=d4dabed7. Accessed 12 Oct. 2021.
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In the video “The Cochiti Drum” Eagle Herrera talks about how he grew up in a traditional household in cochiti pueblo with his dad being a drum maker, he talks about the history of his people descending from the mountains near the area and how the drum has been with their ancestors as a source of prayer since before Christ, he also explains how he's been making drums for over 30 years but he says that he didn't really like drum making in the beginning when he was first being taught by his dad but when his dad wasn't able to participate in the indian market he decided to make his first drum by himself to sell in the market and he did sell the drum, then he states “the rest is history.”
The first article called ,”Adapting forest management to climate change” by J.R Arias-Bustamante, talks about the conflict between the Nisga’a Nation who are a Nation in British Columbia, Canada and the Forest management process and policies. The article described how the Nation is trying to stop certain unfair policies that are threatening their homelands, The Nation is trying to preserve their forest because of the commercial logging that was happening in the late 1950’s but are going through conflicts in today’s time being that the forest policy is doing a certain harvest method that is similar to the logging that was occuring back in the 1950’s.
Arias-Bustamante, J.R., and J.L. Innes. "Adapting forest management to climate change: experiences of the Nisga'a people/Adapter la gestion forestiere au changement climatique: experiences du peuple Nisga'a/Adaptando el manejo forestal al cambio climatico: experiencias del Pueblo Nisga'a." International Forestry Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Mar. 2021, pp. 1+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A656702666/AONE?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=209e63a5. Accessed 4 Nov. 2021.
The article “ANCSA, An Act Of Self Determination” by Carl H. Marrs talks about different Alaskan corporations helping the native Alaskans with funding such as when the Native people were granted 1 billion dollars which was made possible by Naative board of directors and also native corporations, the future of Alaskan natives is going to be much more beneficial to them as more Native corporations become a part of the movement like it says in the article, “I believe that all of our Alaska Native corporations are just now beginning to come into their own and that we’ll see a lot more success throughout Alaska as a result.”
Pardes, Joan. "A helping hand: Native nonprofits benefit shareholders in a multitude of ways--from providing jobs to preserving culture. (Alaska Native Business News)." Alaska Business Monthly, vol. 18, no. 3, Mar. 2002, pp. 53+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A84724485/AONE?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=8834a1e0. Accessed 4 Nov. 2021.
The video “Drum Making In Cochiti and Laguna Pueblos” by Museum of Indian Art and Culture, was about drum maker John Herrera who resides from both Cochiti and Laguna Pueblo, he tries to keep his teachings of drum making that his father taught him alive with different students from both pueblos. This project has helped many students make their own drums and experience what it’s like to create a powerful entity. “This one little act of making a drum is preserving a part of our culture.”
“Drum making in Cochiti and Laguna Pueblos”,youtube, Museum of indian art and culture,10 june 2020,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFbTob-2brs
In the article, “Grand Cities Residents get a lesson in African drums and dancing” it talked about the African community participating in celebrating their traditions. The members of the dance group set up drums for the audience to play if they wanted so they got to feel and experience beating the drums. The people all had a chance to beat the drums, and dance along to the music that was being performed. It brought a lot of good feelings to the different communities they visited and they themselves had many good feelings when they performed for their people.
"Grand Cities residents get a lesson in African drums and dancing." Grand Forks Herald [Grand Forks, ND], 29 May 2021, p. NA. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A663518450/ITOF?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=c97c5358. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022.
The article, “Return of powwow season Welcomed by First Nations” talks about Native Canadians and how their annual powwows are coming back after two long years without anything due to the pandemic. The powwows took place in the begging days of july to the end of the month with nothing but joy and good blessings filling peoples sole, the powwows were only schedule to be one day but after Canada lifted their Covid-19 safety guidelines the powwows were extended but people you attended and participated in the powwow had to still practice some Covid-19 guidelines, Many good comments came about throughout the powwows with people saying how much they needed this and how it helped people remember where they come from, showing the people of the community how strong they are.
Hobson, Brittany. "Return of powwow season welcomed by First Nations." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada], 20 July 2021, p. A6. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A669066697/AONE?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=b9e32bc7. Accessed 22 Mar. 2022.
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