It is a tradition that has been observed in Mr Daiman Peron’s family since he was five years old.  The 65-year-old is the tok ...

These poles, in conjunction with the moose boards, pike logs, ancestor figures and the shaman's tent or yarnga are arranged in the museum in a traditional floor plan suggestive of shamanic properties.

Chung said that a shaman is like an intermediary ... or at least exacerbated by — the gods, ghosts or ornery ancestors. “The gods speak through me,” Chung said, explaining that the drums ...