4.12 Listen To My Drum Weep
Jim Poirat
Jim Poirat, the illustrator of The Drum Calls Softly, has spent over 25 years helping with the rights of First Nations children through his art and story telling. He and his own family were impacted by residential schools and he never wants a problem like that to repeat itself.
This picture shows Jim Poirat by his "regalia" (traditional clothes) that he donated and taught others about at a museum in Germany.
Jim is the author of the next poem you will read.