Building of the Grandmother Drum

White Eagle Medicine Woman guided each step of the Building Ceremony of the GrandMother Drum with prayer, ceremony, and world-wide meditations. Each of the seven layers of wood of this seven foot in diameter drum, represents the seven continents of Mother Earth.

Alaska Yellow and Red Cedar and Alaska Birch were used for the kettle shaped drum base. During each layer, prayers and ceremonies were conducted for the people of each continent of Mother Earth. Assisted by craftsman, Mark Schoenhard (Walking Talk) and the hands of many local people, the building ceremony of the GrandMother Drum continued for 13 months.

The GrandMother Drum design brings together the drums of the people of the four directions. The drum's kettle shape design is similar to the kultxrun of the Mapuche of South America, the Buffalo skin came from North America, the stringed tuning style is that of an African Djembe and the stand reflects an Indian tabla.