Lynn Riggs’s Comedies

Critics and audiences recognized Cherokee Nation playwright Lynn Riggs (1899‒1954) in his time for his comedies. His most succesful Broadway play, the comedy Russet Mantle, triumphed at Theatre Masque in 1936 before playing in venues around the count...

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“You are Our Tomorrow”:

“You are our tomorrow,” is an empowering statement that January Spears (Michelle Thrush, Cree) says to her on-screen daughter, Aline (Grace Dove, Secwépemc) in the recent theatrical release of Bones of Crows (2022) by Dene/Métis auteur Marie Clements...

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Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix (Cherie Dimaline)

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Blood Sisters (Vanessa Lillie)

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REVIEW ESSAY: ‘Āina Hānau/Birth Land (Brandy Nālani McDougall) and Ask the Brindled (No‘u Revilla)

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REVIEW ESSAY: Indigenous Resurgence in an Age of Reconciliation (eds. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Aimée Craft, and Hōkūlani K. Aikau)

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REVIEW ESSAY: “It’s About Time!”

Cherokee actor Wes Studi was recognised with an Academy Honorary Award in 2019. To date, he is the first and only Native American actor to be decorated with the highest achievement available in the film industry. This review discusses the career that...

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REVIEW ESSAY: “Story and memory. Memory and story”

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