The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist Coast Salish I am writing this song

I am writing this song

In her absence

Birchfield's Field of Honor

summons those ancestors' songs

The Heartbeat Drum: The Story of Carol Powder, Cree Drummer and Activist Coast Salish I am writing this songAuthor 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