MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (WTNH)- A Native American drum group is bringing music and healing to their community in Mashantucket. Phyllip Thomas sat down with News 8 to share his experience as a member of… ...

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The song is a blend of American music: rock and roll and Native American drum music. For me, the song is like Hiawatha and Minnehaha—it’s a real love affair between the bass drum and the kick ...

But when the Native American drum music and singing by the Meskwaki Nation started, they were lured to Kirkwood Hall in the museum, where an American Indian Culture Celebration was under way.

We re all mixed bloods, so all of those influences show up in our music: Cherokee, Iroquois, everything. Everybody likes it, even our friends who aren t Native American.

Two annual Native American events celebrating the harvest will take place in August: The Green Corn Festival in Washington and Schemitzun in Mashantucket.