The Muskrat Singers reflect on 30 years of drumming
Sitansisk drumming group has been together since 1994
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Percy Sacobie quit drinking in the early nineties. Singing and drumming helped him stay sober.
He joined up with a few other drummers and singers on Sitansisk First Nation (St. Mary's), and 30 years later, the Muskrat Singers are still together.
The group is popular at powwows.
Ann Paul said the drummers have a "sound that goes straight into your core and draws you right to the drum."
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Ann's Eye
Photographer Ann Paul brings an Indigenous lens to stories from First Nations communities across New Brunswick. Click here or on the image below to see more of her work.