Native nation project / Larissa FastHorse and Michael John Garcés.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

FastHorse, Larissa, Author.

Contributor:

Garcés, Michael John, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Drama.

Indians of North America.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xiii, 255 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Theatre Communications Group, 2025.

Summary:

"This three-play collection celebrates the vibrancy and vitality of modern Indigenous culture and draw attention to complex issues within the contemporary Native experience. This latest volume from the acclaimed author of The Thanksgiving Play collects a trilogy of plays co-created with Cornerstone Theater Company as well as urban Native artists and culture bearers. In Urban Rez, five interconnected stories depict members of a Native tribe in Los Angeles weighing the pros and cons of federal recognition. Developed through talking circles with Indigenous peoples of Arizona, Native Nation is an immersive theatrical production that seeks to combat the erasure of Native people from wider American culture by telling the story of the land through the eyes of its original people. Created with people of the Lakota and Dakota tribal nations, Wicoun centers on Áya and their brother Khoskalaka, who are already busy enough raising cousins and siblings while trying to graduate high school. Then the zombies arrive. When Áya summons a native superhero for help, they set off on a journey across the lands of the Oceti Sakowin. Together, these plays explore a wide range of urgent issues that continue to affect Indigenous communities today, including assimilation, two-spirit identity, food equity, water rights, tribal sovereignty, broken treaties, genocide, and violation of sacred lands. They also celebrate a rich history and essential culture, telling stories by and for Native people"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Peter Howard

A note from the authors

Hunger for culture: reflections on the making of Urban Rez / Clementine Bordeaux, Kenny Ramos, and Arianna Taylor

Urban Rez

How an "Urban Rez" grew into a Native Nation / James E. Garcia

Native Nation

Superheroes on native land / Todd London

Wicoun

Contains:

Urban rez.

Native nation.

Wicoun.

ISBN:

9781636702476

1636702473

OCLC:

1452588623