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de Montano, Martha Kreipe
Prairie Band Potawatomi
glancy@macalester.edu
Plays in the Archive: Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth, Revised 1997 with Jennifer Fell Hayes (typescript, 21 pp.). The Gathering Synopsis
Other publications: Coyote in Love With a Star. New York: Abbeville Press & NMAI (picture book).; Arlene Hirschfelder and Martha Kreipe de Montano. The Native American Almanac: A Portrait of Native America Today. New York: Prentice Hall General Reference, 1993.; “Powwows.” In Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present. Ed. Arlene Hirschfelder. New York: Macmillan, 1995.
Address: Martha Kreipe de Montano
George Gustav Heye Center
National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
(212) 825-8111
SIWP18.GGHC.deMontano@ic.si.edu

Dunn, Carolyn
Creek, Cherokee, Seminole
Plays in the Archive: Ghost Dance: A Play in Two Acts. 2008. 2 acts, 7 scenes. 62 pp. 4W 4M. Synopsis.; The Frybread Queen. 2009. 4 acts. 85 pp. 4W. Synopsis.
Other publications: Outfoxing Coyote. San Pedro, CA: That Painted Horse Press, 2001.; Through the Eye of the Deer: An Anthology of Native American Women Writers. Ed. by Carolyn Dunn and Carol Comfort. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1999.; Hozho: Walking in Beauty: Native American Stories of Inspiration, Humor, and Life. Ed. by Paula Gunn Allen and Carolyn Dunn. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 2001.
Website: www.carolyndunn.com
Website: Muriel Nellis/Jane Roberts Literary and Creative Artists
3543 Ablemarle St NW
Washington DC 20008-4213
(202) 362-4688; (202) 362-8875 fax
FastHorse, Larissa
Sicangu Nation, Rosebud Sioux Tribw
Plays in the Archive: Average Family. 2007. Two acts. 69 pp. Adults: 1W 2M; Children ages 6-14: 3W 3M. Synopsis.
Produced at Children’s Theatre Company, Minneapolis, September 2007. The Archive includes production stills, publicity, reviews.; Teaching Disco Dancing to Our Elders: A Class Presentation. 2008. Three acts. 49 pp. 2W 2M. Synopsis.
Produced at Native Voices at the Autry in February 2008. The Archive includes production stills, a promotional video, publicity, reviews.

Glancy, Diane
Cherokee
Plays in the Archive: The Lesser Wars: Twelve “sorties”. 74 pages. 1W 1M. Synopsis.; Jump Kiss: Seven “plates”. 71 pages. 1+ voices. Synopsis.; The Woman Who Was a Red Deer Dressed for a Deer Dance. One act. 31 pages. 1W 1G.; Halfact. One act. 11 pages. 1G 1B 1 Narrator. Synopsis.; The Truth Teller. Four “seasons”. 17 pages. 1W 1M.; Segwohi. Six scenes. 43 pages. 1W 2M.; Mother of Mosquitos. One act. 7 pages. 1W 2M/W Chorus.; The Best Fancy Dancer the Pushmataha Pow Wow’s Ever Seen. Two acts. 49 pages. 2W 2M 2M/W.; One Horse. One act. 4 pages. 2 voices.; The Sum of Winter: A Fractional Play. 2005. Eight plays of from three to twnety-four pages each that can be presented in various combinations. Synopsis.; Stone Heart: Everyone Loves a Journey West. 2005. One act. 25 pages. 1W 2M. his play is about the 1804-06 Lewis & Clark expedition from Fort Mandan to the Pacific Coast and back. Its focus is Sacajawea.
World Premier, February 17 through March 13, 2006, Native Voices at the Autry (Autry National Center, Los Angles), directed by Randy Reinholz. With Thirza Defoe as Sacajawea.; Salvage. 2008. 32 scenes. 60 pages. 1W 2M. Synopsis. Productions: Native Voices at the Autry (Los Angeles), October 31-November 23, 2008; Origins Festival (London), May 9-17, 2009.
Unpublished plays in North American Women’s Drama: Cargo; The Distant Cry of Betelgeuse; The Collector of a Three-Cornered Stamp; The Words of My Roaring; The Conversion of Inversion; Man Red
Other Publications: One Age in a Dream. 1986; Offering: Poetry and Prose. 1988; Iron Woman: Poems. 1990; Trigger Dance. 1990; Lone Dog’s Winter Count. 1991; Claiming Breath. 1992; Firesticks: A Collection of Stories. 1993; Monkey Secret. 1995; “Weebjob.” In Contemporary Plays by Women of Color. 1996; “Weebjob.” In Great Scenes from Minority Playwrights. 1997; Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears. 1996; The West Pole. 1996; The Only Piece of Furniture in the House: A Novel. 1996; War Cries: A Collection of Plays. Holy Cow!, 1997; The Cold-and-Hunger Dance. 1998; Flutie: A Novel. 1998; “Jack Wilson or Wovoka and Christ My Lord” and “Polar Breath” in The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 5th ed. 1998; Fuller Man: A Novel. 1999; Visit Teepee Town: Native Writings after the Detour. Edited by Diane Glancy and Mark Nowak. 1999; The Relief of America. 2000; The Man Who Heard the Land. 2001; American Gypsy: Six Native American Plays. 2002; Designs of the Night Sky. 2002; The Mask Maker: A Novel. 2002; The Shadow’s Horse. 2003; Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea. 2003; Primer of the Obsolete. 2004; In-Between Places: Essays. 2005; Rooms: New and Selected Poems. 2005; The Dance Partner: Poems. 2005; The Reason for Crows: A Novel of Kateri Tetakwitha. Albany: SUNY Press, 2009; Pushing the Bear: After the Trail of Tears. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009
Links to other pages about Diane Glancy: Diane Glancy homepage; Storytellers: Native American Authors Online; Internet Public Library; Native Authors; Voices From the Gaps
Gomez, Terry
Comanche
Plays in the Archive: Carbon Black. (typescript, 76 pp.) Two acts. 3W 3M Chorus.; Rain Dance. (typescript, 76 pp.) Two acts. 3M 3W.; Melanin. (typescript, 79 pp.) Two acts. 2M 4W.
Other publications: “Inter-Tribal.” In Contemporary Plays by Women of Color: An Anthology. Ed. Kathy A. Perkins and Roberta Uno. New York: Routledge, 1996. 199-215.
Howe, LeAnne
Choctaw
Plays in the Archive: Indian Radio Days (Roxy Gordon, co-author) (typescript, 46 pp.) “Theatrical radio show” w/o break, approx. running time 1 hour 30 minutes. Flexible cast (suggested minimum 10). Production, Review, and photos.; Big Pow Wow Program front and program back.
Other Publications (selected): Miko Kings: An Indian Baseball Story. San Francisco: Aunt Lute, 2007.; Equinoxes rouges. Trans. Daniele Lauruelle. Paris: Gallimard, 2004. Translation of Shell Shaker.; Evidence of Red: Poems and Prose. Cambridge, Eng.: Salt, 2005.; Shell Shaker. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 2001.; “Indian Radio Days” Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays. Ed. Miriam D’Aponte. Theatre Communications Group, 1998.; Coyote Papers. Dallas, Tx: Wowapi, 1985. Fiction.
New Plays: Choctalking on Other Realities. One-woman performance, Krannert Center Studio Theatre, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. January 23 and 24, 2009. LeAnne Howe: Choctalking on Other Realitiesto new story, review, and rehearsal video.; The Mascot Opera: A Minuet.
Short Fiction in Anthologies: “An American in New York” appears in Spiderwoman’s Granddaughters (1989); “The Bone Picker” appears in Fiction International #20 (1991); “Dance of the Dead” appears in Looking Glass, University of CA’s Publications in American Indian Studies (1991); “Moccasins Don’t Have High Heels” and “The Red Wars” both appear in American Indian Literature (1991); “Danse de L’amour, Danse de Mort” appears in Earth Song, Sky Spirit: An Anthology of Native American Writers (1993); “An American In New York” appears in Global Cultures: A Transnational Short Fiction Reader (1994); “The Chaos of Angels” appears in Callaloo, Native American Literature, Volume 17, #1 Native Heritage Issue (1994); “Evidence of Red” appears in Nebraska English Journal (1994); “A Story for Ohoyo Shatanni” appears in Returning the Gift, An Anthology (1994); “Moccasins Don’t Have High Heels” appears in Native American Literature (1995); “Shell shakers” appears in the Fall 1996 issue of Story (1996); “Indians Never Say Good-bye” will appear in Reinventing the Enemy’s Language (1997)
Essays in Anthologies: “The Sewage of Foreigners” co-authored with Ms. Scott Morrison in Federal Bar News and Journal, Vol. 39, No. 6 (July) (1992); “The Indian Researcher An Interpreter of History” and “Hashi Mi Mali” in Gatherings, the En’owkin Journal of First North American Peoples, Vol. IV (1993); “My Mothers, My Uncles, Myself” in Everything Matters: Autobiographical Essays by Native American Writers (1997)
Links to other pages about LeAnne Howe: Internet Public Library page; Voices From the Gaps page
Blog
Lhose@aol.com
Ione
Lenape/African/French
Plays in the Archive: Njinga The Queen King (Njinga-Muchino a Muhaito): The Return of the Warrior. A Play with Music and Pageanty. 1995. (typescript, 41 pp., dated January 23, 1996) Two acts. 10W 4M 1G 1B Dancers, Musicians; Njinga The Queen King: The Return of the Warrior. Excerpts from BAM Next Wave Festival. Kingston, NY: Pauline Oliveros Foundation, 1993. Videocassette
Other publications: Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color. Summit Books, 1991: Avon Books, 1993.
Address: Email: iodreams@deeplistening.org
For information and bookings contact: Pauline Oliveros Foundation, Inc.
P. O. Box 1956
Kingston, NY 12401-0900
Ione’s Homepage
Kneubuhl, Victoria Nalani
Hawai’an/Samoan
Plays in the Archive: Ka Wai Ola (The Living Water). 1998. 22 Scenes. 75 pages. Ensemble cast (11+); Fanny and Belle. 1998. Two acts. 140 pages. 2W Chorus(4W,4M); The Annexation Debate. 1998. One act. 35 pages. 2W 4M; Trial of a Queen: 1895 Military Tribunal. Extended one act. 62 pages. 1W 9M; January 1893. 1993. Five acts. 103 pages. Ensemble cast (14+); Ka’iulani: A Cantata for the Theatre. Written with Dennis Carroll, Robert Nelson, and Ryan Page. 1987. Three Parts. 67 pages. 4W 4M 10 Chorus(W). Photo / Poster; The Conversion of Ka’ahumanu. 1988. Two acts. 107 pages. 5W. Photo / Poster One / Poster Two; Paniolo Spurs. 1994. One act. 68 pages. 2W 4M.; Emmalehua. 1995. Two acts. 103 pages. 2W 3M Chorus. Produced by Kumu Kahua Theatre, 1996. Program; The Story of Susanna. 1996. Two acts. 101 pages. 5W 2M. Poster; Ola Na Iwi [The Bones Live]. 1994. Two acts. 115 pages. 6W 5M.; Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. One act (6 “Stories”). 42 pages. Flexible cast. The stories adapted are: “How the Camel Got His Hump,” “How the Elephant Got His Trunk,” “How the Rhinocerus Got His Skin,” “The Beginning of Armadillos,” “The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo,” and “The First Letter.”; Tofa Samoa. 1991. 14 Scenes. 70 pages. 1W 1G 1B Chorus. Synopsis / Poster
Koostachin, Jules Arita
Cree
Plays in the Archive: Asivak’s Creation Story. Children’s play. (typescript, 3 pp.) One scene. 1G 1B Narrator; Asivak. Cree language version of the previous play
Other publications: “The Passing of Souls” was selected by AngelCiti Screenplay competition in Los Angeles, fall 2000.
J_Koostachin@hotmail.com

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