"Strong Woman Song" by All Our Relations Métis Drum Circle

All Our Relations Métis Drum Circle performing the "Strong Woman Song".

[@jaystewart9989]

My mom is a strong Ojibwe Métis woman. She is in the I.C.U. fighting… she is an inspiration to all Indigenous people, a true Indigenous warrior

[@womanmemoirsoflife216]

You Ladies are so beautiful Thank you ALL so very much the laughs at the end were great. Much Love to you ALL 🌞🌿🐦🐝🍄🌲💫💓

[@melissaoconnell5648]

😊💓🙏🏼Thank you for sharing with such joy, power and strength in unity!!!

[@n0va59]

I enjoyed hearing you today st Scarborough General Hospital and singing the Strong Womans Song along with you. It brought me home. Nova Scotia east coast !

[@norb2980]

Thank you dear sisters for sharing your strength and joy. I feel this so deeply, a great gift in this time of surreal immense grief of beloved's life taken by bear this past Friday....this is medicine for me now, blessings to you all! 🙏 🧡💜💚🤍🙏

[@z97]

So sweet and funny ladies! Thank you. Love the bloopers.

[@regeenacooper1221]

I love this the passion and love shown in this video. The pride is pure that you all have

[@rhasaanahuddleston3883]

So beautiful! So powerful! Thank you.

[@cubryan3286]

Been wondering about women's drumming and this perfect. I'm Metis too!

[@waahlgaaljaad]

your beautiful singing and drumming of this important Sacred Song filled me up ... and gave me belly laughs with your 'finish' of this video, so many thanks, haaw'a!

[@heatherhammond6120]

Beautiful singing ladies!

[@SandySmith-]

CAN HEAR THOSE METIS VOICES BEAUTIFUL SISTERS AHO LELELELELELELE

[@witchmoon11]

I just bought my first real handrum. Was feeling some childhood need to visit my innerself and that was part of what I longed for in many ways and has been the most awsome medicine. This is my first song to learn. Tho it sounds like the rhythem i played as a child up and down the sidewalk with my war paint on urging my small siblings to fall in line making war crys and dying cow sounds!! Lol! I am blessed to have found this and was able to keep time with yall all the way thru. Xoxo...Angie

[@misslainieb.1557]

You ladies are wonderful!

[@debbrathompson4885]

Thank you...I really needed this today and have shared it on my facebook page so that other strong women in my circle can enjoy.

[@MisfitsToFreaxxs13]

Beautiful and finally we have Great Songs with these Beautiful drums :).

[@kvivas4922]

What a beautiful song, beautiful tent and beautiful women!!

[@heatherhammond6120]

Well done, I enjoyed this so much Chimiigwetch

[@donnamcardle8928]

Women need to be string together. This is beautiul

[@francecroteau702]

I am a metis woman and I've been playing my drum since 2012 and now I still playing my spirit name is the seven sister from the seven star's and there's to many women and children are committed suicide and muder and abused I play for my creator and to grandmother earth to have stopped and my dream is to have all drummer man women and children and grandparents to come out play our drum as equal to keep the balance together that's my dream it came to me by my creator

[@user-sj4dk2nk1v]

VERY GREAT :-* :-* :-* BLESSING :-* THANK YOU FOR BEAUTIFUL...

[@revk8611]

Beautiful.

[@bjohnson7255]

I love Native music, but this is even more encouraging for woman also!

[@DrBeeSpeaks]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ We are the same goddess! Aho! Let the ancestors keep moving you.❤️🔥

[@MyHealingBasket]

Beautiful!

[@mariapearce8098]

How beautiful,I wish I could be part of a group alike!!!Thanks for sharing💜💜💜👏👏👏

[@triciaannenewbury1122]

The women of Matis. I love my culture

[@rachelcomeau7401]

Beautiful strong Aboriginal women

[@evrsickk]

Very beautiful song

[@janica.4688]

wonderful.

[@glennpersijn8507]

Beautifull

[@alpnadou1724]

THX !! PEACE AND LOVE

[@damianmousseau8609]

MITAKUYE OYASIN to all the woman. Proud! Stand tall

[@heatherhammond6120]

Well done ladies!

[@betchawanaknw]

🔥 🥁 ❤️ 🥁 💃 🥁 ❤️ 🥁 🔥

[@Waspinvr]

Please get this recorded and posted to spotify or Apple Music

[@user-sj4dk2nk1v]

Very very Beautiful

[@ohfood9300]

Лена д huh????

[@kevinrbarker]

very moving

[@kathyborthwick6738]

⚡️🔥⚡️🦅💚🦅

[@womanwitchandgoddessfounda7621]

The song is Cree in origin, and was created in a sweat lodge. to empower ALL women, not just those present. Some of you commenting about it being your heritage had better do some research about what your 'culture' actually is. The song was given freely by those who first sang it, to all who may feel the call to sing it. ''this song based on a old Cree Sweat Lodge Song which was called the owl song of the Cree Nation in Sask Canada. The song was sung inside for to claim our identity, to became and stay strong. It is and had been used in sorts as a protest song, but not really, as it stood for us woman who were there. The Native Sisterhood was and became recognized via this song it was our song. It is a song made by the Native Sisterhood, for the Sisterhood and for all woman to become and stay strong, to stay alive against all the odds. It was our Anthem.''

[@bethpettit3894]

Actually it’s Lakota.

[@kwatts1938]

Does anyone know if this drum group is still in existence? If so, could you provide their contact information?

[@teresazapata6984]

Preciosuras divinas!!! Gracias!!

[@keirafox5234]

So nice

[@beatricewalker9543]

ahtete tamewetamok oma ka etotamek maka mehchat ena ayesenowak kakiksawahawak, kekway oma enakamostamek, owina opekskwewin apachetayek.

[@keirafox5234]

Métis need to open more like ideas u agree

[@jec-mp8dc]

They all look celtic Irish .well....they do.

[@jocelyneallaire1034]

Amazing group, such powerful meaning from the drumming and the chants. I just found out I am Indigenous and started to play the drum. My journey is to learn more and play for my ancestors with the help of my guiding spirit. Thank you so much Chimiigwetch.

[@wincikabi]

I was taught by an elder that you should not hit the middle of the drum because that represents the Creator. Look for where the four directions are and tap your baton there. Hold the drum close to your heart. Meegwetch

[@bethpettit3894]

Barbara Bell Sounds like really bad advice for playing a drum.

[@katnorris6258]

It's okay to hit where it sounds the best. The drum is created for us to use, and when we hit the drum, we are calling to our ancestors, and sending up prayers to our Creator. There is no wrong way. Some 'wrong' behaviors, are to use when intoxicated, using drugs, or when a woman is on her time

[@waahlgaaljaad]

it is important to honor all Teachings ... all relatives have something to add/offer/help us. a'ho

[@bluecrow8649]

There are many teachings. It can be different depending on the tribe etc.

[@kgrotelueschen1433]

That sounds like some dude telling women to play quietly . . . and please smile while doing so. No. I drum in the middle to be heard and i move to the edges to pass the lead to a different drummer.

[@WhiteCherokee]

Does this song have an English translation?

[@skylasangel]

Most sacred songs aren’t translated. The First Nation languages are descriptive languages. Each sound, word etc is the name of a spirit. There is much teaching on our languages alone.

[@Timetravel1111]

Can someone tell me the words? Way hee yaa ya oh? Or is there more to it?

[@ixtlixochitl6446]

Hola quisiera que porfavor pusieran la letra del recito.

[@RachelRossettoOwl]

Is there lyrics?

[@realmetis8002]

lol

[@kimberlylafromboise4022]

Remember the medicine wheel and the matriarchy will rise

[@misslainieb.1557]

Can someone please tell me what language is being sung?

[@derrbarn14]

it's not in any language. it's just vocables.

[@misslainieb.1557]

Thank you so much for enlightening me.

[@jdan1131]

Derrick Barney No it's not just vocables

[@derrbarn14]

the only things I heard were. "waaaaay hey ya, way hey ya hey oh, way hey ya way hi oh" none of those are being used as words with any actual meaning. so they are vocables.

[@misslainieb.1557]

Thank you. I checked "vocables" regarding music, and I understand what you're saying.

[@shelleepavlak4232]

There are black natives Americans mixed ancestry I saw imagine of black people dress up in native American Indian headdress and clothes that was in powwows

[@Lyosha9869]

I thought woman is not allowed to touch drums tradition

[@nick-ll1ef]

All tribes are different

[@krystylolson2560]

I am not First Nations, but what I was taught was that it was never against tradition per se.... it just was something that wasn’t done ... no hard and fast rule, just in general, the men were the drummers.

[@zhekwebressette1034]

I was taught the same. As it represents the woman’s heart beat. The first music you hear in the womb.That we can tell them how to play it, but can’t touch it.

[@carolmoore1038]

To the haters:. Divide and conquer. It worked here once. There are red horses and white horses and yellow and black horses. But WE know that they are all horses. No one can steal who or what I am. I have given that power to no one. Why do you give others power over you? There is no such thing as race. Culture is that which influences you. Why do you not want your culture to affect others? I want everyone to be us. Imagine. The grandfather's had no social problems, no poverty, no one without family. Why would you not want this for the whole world? These women have respect. Do not be " more Indian than thou" if you do not follow the grandfather's. Indian is not a race it is a way of life. Half breeds ( scuze me, I can say that cause I am one and this word has no power over me) half breeds have long been distrusted for only half following the ways. Why would anyone think brown skin enables one to do exactly that? What I am tired of is all the hate. THIS was never our way.

[@cantodelcavallero]

Why are white people doing this? l am native american and for me and my ancestors, this music and singing has a very different sound.

[@jonchalk3855]

They are Métis.

[@YBNMALKO]

metis . Indigenous people from eu and native people . they are one of the 3 indigenous group in canada

[@tubeular5754]

What's with the Mexian last name?

[@CallMeWtvr]

sorry i dont speak chinese

[@xxxx-qo9dh]

I don’t hear any soul connection or passion in this performance, no heart. Nah.

[@guadalupegomez2560]

Qhere are the brown natives? They all look Europeans. ..wtf

[@davidharness8800]

Guadalupe . Listen The METIS nation is mixed , mixed people are every shade from light pale to dark black . Metis are some of the first mixes in the country .TGhey mixed primarily red woman and white french men , many trappers , I hear they also use the violin . Its a good example of a fused blood line holding on ND PRESERVING the past in the future , No reason they should all be brown . no matter how much other blood had married in and the decendants still carry on the culture its a beatiful thing . Would you love your descendants if you had a mixed family , would you appreciate them for keeping up the culture or would you throw them away ?

[@lynellediswood60]

IKR!! Like wtf... and I find this very offensive. I’m navajo and this is just ugh

[@CDA129]

The color of ones skin does not dictate the music they are "allowed" to perform. This may surprise you but this song had 3 writers and 1 was white. This is a women's prison song written in Canada in the 1970's. One of my favorite musician in the world was Nina Simone. She wrote some VERY serious songs for blacks. She also re worked almost ALL the great classics of which most were written by white men. Even though she lived through the civil rights era, no one ever made a big deal of her playing "white music", and Nina was a fierce black woman. Jimi Hendrix famously heard music in color, all colors, not just black brown and white. I am native and I do not "see red" when I hear this rendition. I see women honoring the Strong Woman Song.

[@nikkinikz8262]

Guadalupe Gomez it says right in the title “METIS DRUM CIRCLE” which is usually Cree and French... I am Metis and have light skin but my family has darker skin. People can be so ignorant!!! You know the saying “The more you know!!” Lol

[@jazziehuell816]

@@davidharness8800 you mean when the french raped native women? thats probabaly where they get the white from, lol.

[@Sheppardss00]

None of you are Indian Wtf

[@kgrotelueschen1433]

and you can tell how??? sit down.

[@PapayaPepper202]

Imposters!

[@kgrotelueschen1433]

The ones resisting women at the drum only claim the "tradition" that serves them. The patriarchy they demand was a 'gift' of colonialism and should be rejected as that which is truly nontraditional. Hand drums were ALWAYS for women anyway, so your wrongness seems boundless.

[@lynellediswood60]

I find this very offensive and like wtf these songs are sacred to us!!

[@CDA129]

Are they making a mockery of the song? Do they seek to offend? What makes the song SO sacred that no other race should be allowed to sing it? Do the other races have their sacred songs, and would they be offended if you sang it? I know the whites have a long historical tradition of christian hymns, I dont think they would mind if another race sang them. And what about modern music and cultural appropriation? I love the work Supaman does, do you know his music; if not look it up - he is good. Of course he does MC, beat box, raps; you know black music, but he's is indigenous. Should blacks be offended since he appropriated their music and culture. Would you be offended if a black rapper sang pow wow style and beat a drum? All peoples all over the world have their songs, some of which go back centuries. This song is in fact a very new song. It was written by a Cree woman, a Saulteaux woman, and one white woman … women from Saskacheawan Alberta and Bc - was written in the Kingston Prison for Women in the 1970's. Be not offended Lynelle, be educated, be accepting of all others in the way you wish to be accepted. Live and let live. Enjoy the fruits of all races and cultures the clothing the technology the music the people - we are all related.

[@jazziehuell816]

i feel your pain, sis. white folks still tend to steal whatever isnt theres. sad but true, regardless who they offend :(

[@emitabaulenu]

These women are Métis and have their status. Take your shit elsewhere. Don’t assume everyone is faking. T’óó dinigís.

[@jacqui4766]

They are Metis. We all share the same culture. Even if it's half. We are similar. No need to be ignorant about it. Let them be.

[@lynellediswood60]

G. B. Bruh you can’t even type the word right

[@gabeshoshone9838]

Whole bunch of white women singing this. Hmmm

[@phaedraceleste5582]

Women aren’t supposed to be using drums, and they all look white 💀😂

[@thegreatallanu]

Different tribes have different customs, you're lumping all together. And metis means they're native, just not full blooded.

[@fidenemini111]

Women not suppose to wear war bonets in most traditions, yet Apsaalooke women do this on Women Honoring Ceremonies. Do not pretend to know everything about everything, and you will not make a fool out of yourself. Knowledge is light, ignorance is darkness.