By drawing on Indigenous perspectives on the land as kin

For the traveling exhibition

it is not a traditional Tlingit story

Follow along as Ria shares her dance journey--from dreaming of her future to performing as a professional--accompanied by striking illustrations that depict it while bringing her graceful movements to life

Drawing on a wide array of historical sources

The Painted Drum - Large Print Tongva By drawing on Indigenous perspectivesThis is the large print edition. While appraising the estate of a New Hampshire family descended from a North Dakota Indian agent, Faye Travers is startled to discover a rare moose skin and cedar drum fashioned long ago by an Ojibwe artisan. And so begins an illuminating journey both backward and forward in time, following the strange passage of a powerful yet delicate instrument, and revealing the extraordinary lives it has touched and defined.