A Warrior’s Red Road
A Photovoice Display of Indigenous Men
Connecting to Culture through Drum Making
A Warrior’s Red Road: Connecting to Culture through Drum Making is the result of a project between Brandon Friendship Centre, Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services, and researchers from Brandon University. Together, with funding from Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Canada Research Chairs Program, the Centre for Critical Studies in Rural Mental Health, and Movember, we participated in and evaluated Drum Making with the Good- Hearted Warriors/ Akicita Cante Waste Program in Brandon, Manitoba.
For over a year, we documented the Akicita Cante Waste men through their process of drum making with photos, individual interviews, sharing circles, a photovoice project, observation and learning together. We participated in the activities of Hunting, Dressing the Animal, Preparing the Skins, and Making the Drums. We are now sharing that process and the results.
On this website, you can see the process of the drum making by browsing the Timeline, you can view the photovoice project and read the participant’s words in Photovoice, you can read about the research and the findings in Research, and please feel free to contact us with any comments or questions.
We hope you enjoy the website and learn a little more about Indigenous Men Connecting to Culture. We also hope that by experiencing this virtual gallery you can see the benefit of programs such as these for Indigenous men and the community.
Sincerely, The Research Team
Candice, Jason, Frank, Rachel, Jonathan, Marti, and Stephanie
Photographs taken during the process of drum making are credited to Jason Gobeil, Madeleine Kruth, Stephanie Spence.
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