At the Treaty Space Gallery on NSCAD's port campus in Halifax, 13 meticulously painted hand drums have been hung on the walls, each expressing individual journeys of revitalizing Indigenous languages.

Some are adorned with words in the language of the artists who created them, others feature cultural motifs tied to their language.

"Each drum has its own story," said artist Dr. Joshua Schwab-Cartas, who led the project, titled Living our Languages, which is made up of paintings on rawhide drums.

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