Sound Theatre's CHANGER AND THE STAR PEOPLE: Beyond the Theatre
The Sound Theatre production of CHANGER AND THE STAR PEOPLE adapted by Fern Renville and Roger Fernandes has been postponed in response to current public health considerations. We will update this list when new dates are announced. In the meantime, please enjoy this list, created by librarians at Seattle Public Library, of related books and films.
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Our History Is the Future
CHANGER AND THE STAR PEOPLE asks audiences to “imagine a future in which citizens of Native American tribes reclaim power and spark a cultural revolution.” Activist, scholar, and Lower Brule Sioux citizen Estes traces the history of Indigenous resistance to colonization and environmental degradation from first contact to the present day.
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Folk-tales of the Coast Salish
CHANGER AND THE STAR PEOPLE draws in part on Coast Salish origin stories. This historic collection contains other Coast Salish stories from the Upper Chehalis and Cowlitz Salish narrative traditions, gathered and first published in 1934 by Thelma Adamson, a student of Franz Boas.
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Haboo
This collection of traditional Indigenous stories from the Puget Sound region was translated from Lushootseed by Vi (Taqʷšəblu) Hilbert, an elder and renowned storyteller from the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe.
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Speaking of Indigenous Politics
Learn how Indigenous activists from North America and beyond are resisting settler colonialism and envisioning a radically different future in this collection of interviews from Kauanui’s radio program “Indigenous Politics.”
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Myths and Legends of the Sioux
McLaughlin grew up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota and heard many of these 38 traditional stories as a child. She transcribed and published them in 1916.
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How A Mountain Was Made
Sarris is an author and member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (formerly Federated Coast Mikwok) who has retold 16 creation stories from his people in this collection.
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As We Have Always Done
In this volume, Simpson, a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, explores Indigenous political and cultural resurgence in the early 21st century and argues for “unapologetic, place-based Indigenous alternatives to the destructive logics of the settler colonial state.”
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Sky Loom
Delve into the rich oral literary traditions of a wide variety of North American Indigenous peoples including the Coast Salish and Lakota Sioux in this thoughtfully edited anthology.
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The Strong People
This streaming documentary chronicles the removal of the Elwha River Dam and how it has affected the Lower Elwha Klallam, the nation to which Roger Fernandes, one of the creators of CHANGER AND THE STAR PEOPLE, belongs.
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Walking the Clouds
Like the creators of CHANGER AND THE STAR PEOPLE, these authors have created compelling visions of Indigenous futures. This anthology collects short stories and excerpts from science fiction and fantasy works by more than a dozen Native authors.
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