Official Side Event of the Thirteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Dont Feed the Indians (A Divine Comedy Pageant) Watch out when Indian show business meets the Doctrine of Discovery. A raucous play and political satire loosely based on Dantes Inferno. A comedic look at the negative marginalization of Indigenous Peoples and the appropriation of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property. See what happens when the Indians push back. Directed and written by Murielle Borst-Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock), Director Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective at La MaMa Theater. Where: La MaMa Theater, Great Jones Street Studios, 47 Great Jones Street (Between Lafayette Street and Bowery Street, downtown Manhattan) When: Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 6:30 pm. Food and refreshments will be served. Followed by a discussion after the play addressing the Doctrine of Discovery. Speakers include Tonya Gonnella Frichner (Onondaga Nation) Former Vice-Chairperson and Member of the UNPFII and Special Rapporteur on the Preliminary Study on the Doctrine of Discovery, Chief Oren R. Lyons (Onondaga Nation) Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan and Muriel Miguel (Kuna/Rappahannock), Artistic Director of Spiderwoman Theater. Sponsored by: The American Indian Law Alliance, Spiderwoman Theater, American Indian Community House, The American Indian Community House Youth Council of New York City, The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples and Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts/Theater Collective at La MaMa Theater and others.
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 00:38:51 +0000
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