Published on November 10, 2011 by Amy
Four Rivers Drum Group at Nottaway Pow wow
Four Rivers Native American Drum started in the mid 1990s with just four drummers and singers and has grown to 19 members. The group played without a name at their first five powwows and locals referred to them as the “no-name drum.” They eventually named themselves Four Rivers because of their location on the Virginia Peninsula. In order for members to perform at an event, they must cross one of the four rivers that surround them.
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Michael Cloud-Butler, Ojibwe, second singer and drummer, says the powwow has been held since the 1990s and has helped Virginia Beach understand Native culture.
“When the city started, they knew very little about Native American culture – it takes several years to learn everything,” he says.
But with the most recent powwow, he says, “It was a comfortable feeling today – and to have visited several times as a drum group – it is like a hometown powwow because we live here.”
Four Rivers Drum Details
Birth Name: Four Rivers Drum
Place of Birth: Virginia Peninsula
Date of Birth: mid 1990s
Ethnicity: Ojibwe
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