North American Indian Drama

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Coverage
20th century
Description
North American Indian Drama contains plays representing the stories and creative energies of American Indian and First Nation playwrights of the twentieth century. More than half of the works are previously unpublished, and hard to find, representing groups such as Cherokee, Métis, Creek, Choctaw, Pembina Chippewa, Ojibway, Lenape, Comanche, Cree, Navajo, Rappahannock, Hawaiian/Samoan, and others. Together, the plays demonstrate Native theater’s diversity of tribal traditions and approaches to drama—melding conventional dramatic form with ancient storytelling and ritual performance elements, experimenting with traditional ideas of time and narrative, or challenging Western dramatic structure.

For a list of the play scripts available through North American Indian Drama: Second Edition download a bibliography at https://alexanderstreet.com/products/north-american-indian-drama-second-edition
Alt Name
North American Indian Drama: Second Edition