Ohkwari'kó:wa

This is a story told in 5 movements of a real Haudenosaunee Legend. Translated to "Monster Bear", this work for solo percussion and electronics teaches a part of a long and beautiful history. For the Haudenosaunee people, lessons were shared through words and stories. Legends carried through the generations. Language and history taught from one life to another. Ratewenniio takes his knowledge of this story and shares it through his voice; performing this legend for all to hear, experience, and learn from.