BETWEEN TWO KNEES
Seattle Rep presents BETWEEN TWO KNEES by Indigenous sketch comedy troupe The 1491s, from March 3 to March 26, 2023. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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We Had A Little Real Estate Problem
From renowned comedy journalist and historian Kliph Nesteroff comes the underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy. Profiles important events and humorists from the 1880s to the present. - publisher's copy
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Prison Writings
A prisoner for forty-six years, Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) reflects on his childhood, his years with the American Indian Movement (AIM), being accused of the murder of two FBI agents, and the infamous trial that followed.
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Medicine Songs
Buffy Sainte-Marie (Piapot Cree) was blacklisted from the American airwaves in the 1970s for her advocacy for First Nations rights with the Red Power movement and anti-war messages. Essential listening for her influence on modern folk music.
Format: Music CD
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The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen
Chef Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota) shares his modern take on Native American cuisine in this flavorful, informative and beautifully illustrated cookbook that showcases ingredients indigenous to North America.
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Like A Hurricane
Learn about three Indian protests in the late 1960s and early 1970s that re-defined the relationship between Indigenous people and the United States Government: the occupation of Alcatraz Island; the seizure of the Beaureu of Indian Affairs building in Washington D.C., and the occupation of Wounded Knee, North Dakota.
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The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
Drawing on history, memoir and profiles of contemporary North American Indigenous people, Treuer (Ojibwe) has produced a broad, compelling and forcefully argued counter-narrative to mainstream "tragic mode" histories of Native America.
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Seattle Rep's BETWEEN TWO KNEES website
The first play by acclaimed intertribal sketch comedy troupe The 1491s—best known for the hit television series “Reservation Dogs”—takes audiences on a searing and absurdly funny series of vignettes through American history centered on one family’s account of their experiences from the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 to the protests there in 1973.
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