The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist Coast Salish and we are all teachers

and we are all teachers and in the world of the spirit there is no right way or wrong way

to address the founding colonial violence of the United States and its lasting impact

summons those ancestors' songs

Birchfield's Field of Honor

I am writing this song

The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist Coast Salish and we are all teachersAuthor Deidre Havrelock's and illustrator Aphelandra's The Heartbeat Drum is an uplifting picture book biography of a Cree activist and musician who founded an Indigenous hand drumming group, led by women and children, that spreads joy, healing, and unity nishkisinn. We are strong) . . . ninikamonn (We are singing) . . . mna nika hkamyimonn (And we will continue) . . . Whenever young Carol Powder sang along to her family's music, her heart felt light