Drama

Brief article highlights the development and current status of this particular genre.

Costumed actors in a play about the Northwest Resistance of 1885 presented at the University of Saskatchewan. (Left to right) Pollard, Jacoby, Bryce, Chapman, Dobson, Toombs, Professors Morton and Porteous.

Historical note:

Photo taken on February 25, 1927 at U of S Campus.

Discusses and compares two plays which both examine the legacy of would- be advocates for Aboriginal culture.

Examines how storytelling in theater, by the representation of past and present, history and myth and through the performance of the rituals of sacrifice, can perform a humanistic healing act.

Developed for grade twelve students. Presented in six parts: Introduction, Novel Study I: (Halfbreed by Maria Campbell), Novel Study II: (In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton), poetry, drama and humour.

Looks at the play, SongCatcher: A Native Interpretaion of the Story of Frances Densmore to critique Densmore's attempt to be the nonindigenous voice of Indigenous culture.

Dramatization of an old murder case and other suspicious deaths in the skid row area of Vancouver. Originally published by Talonbooks, 2005.

Highlights Jim Buller, of Saskatoon, founder of the Native Theatre School in Toronto.

Dramatic play script presents focus on Aboriginal perspectives for courses at Universities in Canada.

Article explores how Indigenous opera singers in the Southwestern United States in the 1920's used their platform as performers to publicize Indigenous histories; highlights the mobility of Indigenous peoples and how they helped to create modern urban spaces in the Southwest.

Outlines the varied career of Lorne Cardinal, the first Aboriginal graduate in performing arts from the University of Alberta. Article located by scrolling to page 26.

Discussion of the play and issues it raises regarding the effects of residential schools.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2011.

Critiques various articles within the issue as they pertain to regional identity and discusses Aboriginal Canadian drama in theatre as a mode of engagement.

Reviews various plays including The Trickster of Third Avenue East by Darrell Dennis, Wawatay by Penny Gummerson and Birthright by Constance Lindsay Skinner.

Discusses the play, based on a true occurrence, the central themes of which are the importance of stories and names, and the issue of what constitutes tribal identity. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at a Grades 10-12 student drama project about living and going to school in a culturally mixed community. Included is a teachers guide with lesson plans.

Comments on the character in the movie Wayne's World 2 as spurring an idea for the Saskatchewan playwright to finish an earlier version of his script Act of Elusion. Article located by scrolling to page 24.

Script of play.

Comments on some of the cutting edge dramas and documentaries being made by Aboriginal filmmakers recently showcased at the Native American Film Festival in Palm Springs.

Discusses the history of Native Theatre in Canada, the founding of Native Earth Performing Arts Inc., and various productions including The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway.

Comments on cross-cultural and all-Indigenous productions of various Shakespearean plays performed in Australia.

Playwright discusses her experience developing and mounting Death of a Chief, Native Earth Performing Arts' adaptation of Julius Caesar. Chapter 12 in: Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.

Guide includes: synopsis of the play, history of Aboriginal theatre in Canada, information on residential schools, resources for further study, etc.

Book review of: Where the Pavement Ends by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Women's Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2016.

Reviews the large scale northern tour of an award winning First Nations play, fareWel by Ian Ross, which looks at issues such as identity, poverty, substance abuse, and racism.

Explores the difficulties in cross-cultural collaboration, and asserts that the creative relationship between Maria Campbell and Linda Griffiths was neither equal nor like-minded due to their Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal backgrounds.

Brief discussion of the play Battles of Fire and Water by Dave Hunsaker. The playwright used oral and written histories about battles (in 1802 and 1804) fought by Russians and the Tlingits over land, as the basis for the play.

Comments on difficulties experienced by Americans adjusting to modernity, by firstly looking at the unconventional behaviour of audiences to the Wild West show.

Two Book reviews: Will the Circle be Unbroken? by J. Dickson-Gilmore and C. La Prairie. First and Other Nations edited by M. Shackleton and V. Supinen.

Discusses various literary works by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal authors that use the Windigo character.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2004.

Reports on the the Nakai Theatre company based in Whitehorse, its plays, and the challenges it faces, including lack of actors and space.

Discusses the adaptation of the Clements' play regarding the hybrid character representing First Nations women and fulfills the role of mythological prophet.

Looks at an interactive play, Are We There Yet?, that allows youth to understand choices regarding sexuality before they have to make real decisions. Article located by scrolling to page 9.

Discusses the production Death of a Chief, Native Earth Performing Arts' adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Duration: 36:00.

Drama Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1998.

A description of the Zuni Pueblo's yearly dramatic theatrical performances that unites the Zuni socially, economically, politically and religiously.