Native Theatre: Stolen Generation

Description

"Stolen Generation" tells the story of two Anishinaabe sisters forcefully taken from their family by social services and put up for adoption in white homes. The play acknowledges that as Native communities, we wait, we pray, and we never stop calling our relatives to come home.

Written by Ardie Medina (Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe), directed by Martha Johnson.

About New Native Theatre:
Based in the Twin Cities, New Native Theatre is a new way of looking at, thinking about, and staging Native American stories. Created in 2009 by playwright, Rhiana Yazzie, NNT produces, commissions, and devises authentic Native American stories for the stage which means NNT’s artists are intricately connected to the concerns and voices of their communities. NNT’s plays are shorthand meant to be played for its most vital audiences, Native people, because when specific stories are made for Native community itself, they become undeniably powerful for the broader community too, no translations required.