Drum circle-Local group is on the cutting edge of Native American music

For eight months out of the year, the 10 members of Southern Cree and their families are on the road - every weekend, or just about.

From February to fall, the so-called "powwow trail" takes the group to more than 30 powwows around the continent.

"We've been coast to coast and all across Canada," said Harlan Baker, the group's lead singer.

Rocky Boy-based Southern Cree is on the cutting edge of Native American music. The group began more than a decade ago as a venture among relatives, Baker said.

"We got a drum together and started practicing," he said.

Twelve years later, Southern Cree has em...