Kohkom's First Drum short stories as well as everygirl problems

as well as everygirl problems like first crushes

play the key roles

Wildcat contends that we have created an “insulated ignorance” for ourselves

Baptism by blood

Kohkom's First Drum short stories as well as everygirl problemsWhen Charlie's Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle! Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn't understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently? Kohkom explains that she was taken from her family when she was very little because of