Indigenous Drum Naming Ceremony at Pembroke Campus

Posted on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

The process of naming the campus drum at the Pembroke Campus has begun.group of students gathered around an elder playing a traditional drum Now, the campus awaits Elder Barry Sarazin’s return to reveal what the name will be.

Elder Sarazin told the campus community it could be as little as four days or longer, but he promised a “great social celebration when the name is revealed to him.”
The drum has been part of the campus community since 2018 when it was built by students under the direction of knowledge holder Pinock Smith and Elder Skip Ross of the Circle of Turtle Lodge, a project called three drums, three campuses. The drum is kept in the campus library, a place that is active with people throughout the day.

As part of the ceremony, gifts surrounded the drum as Elder Sarazin led drumming and singing and explained how drums are named. Following the ceremony, free three sisters soup was provided to everyone who attended.


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