HOUGHTON — The Biskaabiiyaang Collective at Michigan Tech hosted a drum social out on the Walker lawn Monday to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day. Two Drum Circles — Summer Cloud and Four Thunders, from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, were invited to share their cultures through drums and songs songs of prayer in the Ojibwa language (Anishinaabemowin). While the drums played, dancers in jingle dress regalia circled around the groups while others joined in song.

The songs were prayers to the Creator, more specifically songs of strength and honesty for people in need and those who are grieving according to Jerry Curtis of Four Thunders. He explained sometimes songs are celebratory, and the songs are determined by the situation and the needs of each day. “To me it would be more celebratory

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