Drum Making Gallery
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During the course of the school year Nuniwarmiut Schools sponsors a cultural week every month for its students. Elders are invited to provide guidance to our students in this process. During the first weeks of December 2005 the boys and their mentors were very busy making dance drums.

These drums are actually smaller than the original Nuniwarmiut design. The problem we faced during our past trips outside of Mekoryuk with the enormous drums is that it required much airplane space. Twin otters and Navajos are commuter airplanes that provide services for the villages surrounding our hub town of Bethel. Often there is not much baggage space to accomodate the larger drums on these airplanes.