1998 Winter Games Gear Up
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Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 28, no. 1, spring, 1998, pp. 21-22
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Saskatchewan Indian Winter Games in Regina.
Discusses importance of three books: Cogewea the Half-Blood, Coyotes Stories, and Morning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography.
Looks at the parallels between two plays in terms of the subject matter and the dramatic techniques used. For example, bingo, is used as a symbol and illustration of women's consumerism and of the spiritual emptiness in their lives.
Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age.