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This article discusses a group of women who started a drum society in order to help heal women. Drumming is traditionally a male-dominated role which has led to controversy among the Native Americans in the area. Because of taking on a traditional men’s role, these women have been ostracized and even banished from some powwows. However, these women are not trying to usurp the role or men, they are merely trying to heal their fellow women. – Leila McInnis