(Re)Imagine Indigenous Theater with Seattle Rep
Seattle Rep is hosting a free online panel discussion about the future of Indigenous theater on Thursday, November 19th at 5 p.m. What would theater look like in the United States if it was shaped by indigenous communities and upheld tribal sovereignty? How are storytelling, land, and community linked when led by indigenous knowledge, expertise, and tradition? Get ready for the conversation with these related books, videos and websites in the Library's collection and beyond.
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Children of the Setting Sun Productions
Founded by Darrell Hillaire (Lummi), Children of the Setting Sun Productions is a multi-media, film, and theater arts production company specializing in Coast Salish storytelling.
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Critical Companion to Native American and First Nations Theatre and Performance
This anthology is "the first major survey book to introduce Native artists, plays, and theatres within their cultural, aesthetic, spiritual, and socio-political contexts." -- Publisher's copy.
Format: Book
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The Edward Curtis Project
Clements, a Métis playwright, and Leistner, a white photographer, collaborated on this unique blend of drama and photography that unpacks the complex legacy of Edward Curtis' photographs of North American Indigenous peoples.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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First Nations Theater Guild
Founded in New York City in 2018 by a small and passionate group of Indigenous artists, First Nations Theater Theater Guild is an organization for First Nations people by First Nations people in the arts.
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Haboo
Translated and edited by Upper Skagit elder Vi Hilbert, this new edition of 33 stories from the Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound features a beautiful redesign and a new foreword by Jill La Pointe, Hilbert's granddaughter.
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Availability: Available
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Hul’q’umi’num’ Heroes Theater Project
Hul’q’umi’num’ Heroes is a collaboration between a University of Victoria theatre professor and the Hul’q’umi’num’ Language and Culture Society to help revitalize this endangered Coast Salish language among tribal members.
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Indian Act
"Seven plays by contemporary First Nations and Métis playwrights cover the broad scope of residential school experiences, all kinds of characters, and no stereotypes, giving voice to those who could not be heard." -- Publisher's copy
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Indigenous Theater and Performance of North America Resource Guide
This resource guide offers a primer for theater educators, instructors, and academics interested in Indigenous theater and performance of North and Central America.
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Interview with Hanay Geiogamah at the Native Theater Festival (2007-2008) at the Public Theater
This video documents an interview with Hanay Geiogamah (Kiowa-Delaware), a professor of theater in the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA, conducted by Graydon Wetzler as a part of a Native Theater Festival interview series in 2007.
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Larissa FastHorse Presents at the 2019 Creative Capital Artist Retreat
Award-winning playwright Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) discusses Native Nation, a community-generated and -performed immersive theatrical experience created through radical engagement with the Lakota communities of South Dakota.
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